Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Stock

Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) is a Materials stock trading at $134.62 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $5.73B and a trailing P/E of 36.3. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Sensient Technologies Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients for customers in food and beverage, personal care, household products, and pharmaceuticals. It operates through the Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific groups, supplying flavor ingredients and delivery systems as well as color systems and related excipients worldwide.

Understand Sensient Technologies Corporation: how it makes money

Sensient Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients, including flavor-delivery systems, extracts, and color products. It makes money by selling these specialty ingredient products to customers.

The profit model is structurally tied to selling specialized, formulated ingredient products through three reportable businesses (Flavors and Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific Group), so results primarily track how much revenue these product lines generate.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Flavors & Extracts	$0.2B
Color	$0.2B
Asia Pacific	$0.0B

Business quality (Mixed): The company is clearly segmented around flavors and extracts, and color products, but the provided facts include only one quarter of top-line and margin levels, with no operating detail beyond segment revenues.

Valuation: At 35× earnings, SXT trades in line with the Chemicals average (38×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Clear multi-category specialty portfolio: Sensient develops and markets both flavor-related ingredient products (including extracts and essential-oil based ingredients) and color products (including chili-based offerings), which supports revenue generation across distinct product groups.
Three reportable operating groups: The business is organized into Flavors & Extracts Group, Color Group, and Asia Pacific Group, which can help investors separate performance by major ingredient category.

Bear case

Dependence on ingredient product demand: Because the company manufactures and markets specialty colors and flavors, any reduction in customer demand for these ingredient categories would directly affect segment revenue.
Margin exposure: With the provided quarterly gross margin (35.0%) and operating margin (15.3%), changes in the cost structure or mix across flavors, extracts, and color products could pressure profitability.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$134.62
Market Cap	$5.73B
P/E Ratio	36.3
EV / EBITDA	21.4
Price / Book	4.55
Price / Sales	3.36
FCF Yield	0.1%
DCF Value (model)	$29.86
DCF Upside vs Price	-77.8%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$1.61B
Net Margin	8.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	11.6%
EPS Growth (YoY)	36.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-64.3%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	5.88 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score	4/9 (moderate)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	36.3
Sector P/E (Materials)	25.9
Industry P/E (Chemicals)	31.1
vs Sector	40.0%
vs Industry	16.5%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	Freemont Capital Pte Ltd ($545.00M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Materials
Industry	Chemicals
CEO	Paul Manning
Employees	4,014
Country	US
IPO Date	1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.