Sensient Technologies

SXT · NYSE

$135.22+$2.08 (+1.56%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $133.14

About SXT

Sensient Technologies Corp. engages in the manufacture of colors, flavors, and fragrances. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently employs 4,070 full-time employees. Its Flavors & Extracts segment produces flavor, extracts, and essential oils products. The firm includes its natural ingredients business, which produces dehydrated garlic, onion, and other natural ingredients for food processors. Its Color segment produces natural and synthetic color systems for foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals, colors, ingredients, and systems for personal care, and technical colors for industrial applications. Its Asia Pacific segment is managed on a geographic basis and produces and distributes color, flavor, and essential oils products for the Asia Pacific countries. The company serves food and non-food industries. The food industry markets include savory, beverage, and sweet flavors, as well as certain bioingredients. In the non-food industries, it supplies essential oil products to the personal, homecare, and bioingredients markets.

Employees
4,070
Headquarters
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Listed
May 22, 1981
Sector
Materials
Industry
Chemicals

SXT key statistics

Market cap
5.67B
Price-earnings ratio
35.89
Dividend yield
1.23%
Average volume
336.07K
Volume
236.86K
Open price
$132.93
High today
$135.90
Low today
$132.93
52 Week high
$138.82
52 Week low
$82.60

Sensient Technologies (SXT) at a glance

Sensient Technologies (SXT) last traded at $135.22, with a market cap of 5.67B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.89 and a dividend yield of 1.23%.

Today the stock has traded between $132.93 and $135.90. The current price is 1.7% above the day's low and 0.5% below its high.

Volume so far is 236.86K shares, below the average of 336.07K shares a day.

Over the past year Sensient Technologies has ranged from $82.60 to $138.82, and now sits 94% of the way up that range.

Sensient Technologies met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 2 of the last 3 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $1.20 per share against an estimate of $1.05.

The average analyst price target is $146.52, 8.4% above the current price, from 3 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

67%of 3 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy66.7%
  • Hold33.3%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 7 analystsAvg $146.52
Low
$134.33
Now
$135.22
High
$164.85

SXT earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 2 of the last 3 quarters, by 18.0% on average.

  1. Q4 FY25: reported $0.72 per share against an estimate of $0.7929
  2. Q1 FY26: reported $1.04 per share against an estimate of $0.8518
  3. Q2 FY26: reported $1.20 per share against an estimate of $1.05

SXT news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Announces Conference Call

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Technologies Corporation Reports Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Declares Dividend

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Announces Conference Call

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Technologies Corporation Reports Results for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Declares Dividend

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Sensient Announces Conference Call

  • Press releasePRNewswire

    Sensient Scales Up Natural Color Production to Fuel U.S. Shift from Synthetic Dyes

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