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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP

Sensient Technologies Corporation manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and specialty ingredients for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal care industries. Its main products include flavors, extracts, dehydrated vegetables, natural and synthetic colors, and specialty dyes. The company serves a range of customers from small businesses to major international manufacturers worldwide.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.61B
Revenue growth (YoY)
3.5%
Net income
$134.5M
Diluted EPS
$3.16
Gross margin
33.5%
Operating margin
12.8%
Net margin
8.3%
FCF margin
2.4%
ROE
11.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
36.3×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.75B
Long-term debt / equity
0.59×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Sensient Technologies

  • Revenue grew 3.5% to $1.6B in FY2025, slower than the 6.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 12.8% in FY2025, +0.5 pp against 12.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $462M, up 11.6% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $38M in FY2025, 2.4% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 7.9% to $134M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Sensient Technologies’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin33.5%
67th percentile of 191
Operating margin12.8%
77th percentile of 189
Net margin8.3%
74th percentile of 221
FCF margin2.4%
40th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)+3.5%
55th percentile of 236
ROE11.3%
69th percentile of 216
P/E36.3×
76th percentile of 134
Long-term debt / equity0.59×
48th percentile of 165
Short interest4.89d
68th percentile of 238

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $155,372. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$129.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$49.8M403.9KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$37.8M306.5KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$24.3M197.3KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$7.7M62.5KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$7.2M58.3KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$2.4M19.6KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$155K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-05
filed 2026-08-06
Ferruzzi MarioDirectorSell1.2K$129.48$155K
2026-05-18
filed 2026-05-20
Hoang ThierryVP, Asia Pacific GroupSell400$115.19$46K
2026-05-04
filed 2026-05-06
Hoang ThierryVP, Asia Pacific GroupSell439$114.15$50K
2026-04-30
filed 2026-05-01
Winder Pte. Ltd.10% ownerSell2.1M$109.69$233.4M
2026-04-30
filed 2026-05-01
Morris Steven BPresident, Color GroupSell200$114.58$23K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-12.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.89
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
275.7K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.3M-12.2%4.89
2026-07-311.5M+20.6%2.04
2026-07-151.3M-12.9%2.77
2026-06-301.5M+11.2%1.92
2026-06-151.3M+2.5%4.04
2026-05-291.3M+6.5%3.61
2026-05-151.2M-26.4%3.11
2026-04-301.6M+50.9%2.40

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.61B$1.56B$1.46B$1.44B$1.38B
Gross profit$539.3M$507.1M$460.3M$489.1M$454.7M
Operating income$207.1M$191.6M$155.0M$196.8M$170.0M
Net income$134.5M$124.7M$93.4M$140.9M$118.7M
Diluted EPS$3.16$2.94$2.21$3.34$2.81

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$36.5M$26.6M$28.9M$20.9M$25.7M
Current assets$1.08B$961.9M$936.6M$934.8M$741.2M
Total assets$2.24B$2.02B$2.01B$1.98B$1.75B
Current liabilities$263.6M$270.6M$236.3M$272.2M$232.3M
Long-term debt$709.2M$613.5M$645.1M$630.3M$503.0M
Total liabilities$1.05B$962.8M$961.2M$982.0M$807.1M
Total equity$1.19B$1.06B$1.05B$999.6M$938.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$127.8M$157.2M$169.7M$12.1M$145.2M
Capital expenditure$89.4M$59.2M$87.9M$79.3M$60.8M
Free cash flow$38.4M$97.9M$81.8M$-67.3M$84.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$462.1M11.6%$51.4M$1.20
Q1 FY2026$435.8M11.1%$44.2M$1.04
Q4 FY2025$393.4M4.5%$25.5M$0.60
Q3 FY2025$412.1M5.0%$37.0M$0.87
Q2 FY2025$414.2M2.7%$37.6M$0.88
Q1 FY2025$392.3M2.0%$34.5M$0.81
Q4 FY2024$376.4M7.8%$30.1M$0.71
Q3 FY2024$392.6M7.9%$32.7M$0.77

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryIndustrial Organic Chemicals
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK310142

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-13
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10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-05
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8-K2026-07-24
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8-K2026-06-23
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8-K2026-04-28
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8-K2026-04-24
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.