Is Sensient Technologies (SXT) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Sensient Technologies's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 31.0, a forward P/E of about 23.7, a price-to-book of about 3.9 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Sensient Technologies's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.29×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Sensient Technologies's revenue?

Sensient Technologies reported revenue of $1.6B for FY2025, with net profit of $134.5M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Sensient Technologies (SXT)?

Sensient Technologies last traded at $111.61 (+2.4% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Sensient Technologies

SXT · NYSE · Materials · United States

$111.61+2.4%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:29 PM

Snapshot

TickerSXT

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees4,070

HeadquartersMilwaukee, United States

Market cap$4.8B

P/E (TTM)31.0

P/B3.9

Volume425.43K

Websitewww.sensient.com

Filings tracked4

About Sensient Technologies

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific. The Flavors & Extracts segment develops, manufactures, and supplies flavor systems for the food, beverage, and personal care industries under the Sensient Flavors and Sensient Agricultural Ingredients brands. This segment produces flavor, extract, and essential oil products; Agricultural Ingredients, such as dehydrated garlic, onion, and other agricultural ingredients for food processors; systems products, including flavor-delivery systems, taste modulation systems, and compounded and blended products; and selected ingredient products, such as natural and synthetic flavors, natural extracts, and essential oils. The Color segment develops, manufactures, and supplies colors. This segment provides natural and synthetic color systems for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical sectors; colors and other ingredients, such as active ingredients, solubilizers, and surface-treated pigments for personal care; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients, including colors, flavors, and coatings; and technical colors for industrial applications under the Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical, Sensient Beauty, and Sensient Specialty Markets brand names. The Asia Pacific segment markets its products in the Pacific Rim and India under the Sensient name. In addition, the company produces and distributes chili powder, paprika, chili pepper, and parsley products. Sensient Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders1.3%
Institutions98.7%
Public & other0.0%

445 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Freemont Capital Pte Ltd.14.81%
Blackrock Inc.14.76%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.45%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.49%
Janus Henderson Group PLC4.48%
State Street Corporation3.82%
Westwood Holdings Group Inc.2.77%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.46%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.29×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend6.4% → 8.3%

Margin has expanded by about 1.9 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Growth qualityrev 5% · PAT 20%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $450.4M · EPS 1.03

Est. earnings growth +7.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.0B · EPS 4.71

Est. earnings growth +20.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$82.6052-wk range$129.35

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$4.8B

Day change

+2.4%

P/E (TTM)

31.0

Fwd P/E

23.7

P/B

3.9

Div yield

1.51%

Beta

0.77

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.6B

Net margin

8.3%

ROE

11.3%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+5.2%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+20.0%

EPS (FY2025)

3.16

Net profit (FY2025)

$134.5M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.6B	$134.5M	3.16	8.3%	11.3%
FY2024	$1.6B	$124.7M	2.94	8.0%	11.8%
FY2023	$1.5B	$93.4M	2.21	6.4%	8.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$435.8M	$44.2M	1.04	10.1%
2025Q3	$412.1M	$37.0M	0.87	9.0%
2025Q2	$414.2M	$37.6M	0.88	9.1%
2025Q1	$392.3M	$34.5M	0.81	8.8%
2024Q3	$392.6M	$32.7M	0.77	8.3%
2024Q2	$403.5M	$30.9M	0.73	7.7%
2024Q1	$384.7M	$30.9M	0.73	8.0%
2023Q3	$363.8M	$31.5M	0.75	8.7%
2023Q2	$374.3M	$34.0M	0.81	9.1%
2023Q1	$369.0M	$33.7M	0.80	9.1%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC6/23/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/28/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/24/2026material

In the news

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