SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP (SXT)
Materials · Specialty chemicals and ingredients · NYSE
A specialty ingredients and colors supplier providing advanced flavor systems, natural and synthetic colors, and technical dyes for global food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care manufacturers.
What SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP does
Sensient Technologies is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and specialty ingredients used across food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and personal care products. The company develops and supplies flavor systems, natural and synthetic colors, extracts, dehydrated vegetables, and technical specialty dyes and pigments to multinational manufacturers and regional customers. Operating through three segments—Flavors & Extracts Group, Color Group, and Asia Pacific Group—Sensient serves a diverse customer base ranging from small entrepreneurial businesses to major international brands.
Themes: ["specialty flavors and extracts","food and beverage colors","pharmaceutical and nutraceutical ingredients","personal care colors","technical specialty dyes and pigments","agricultural ingredients"]
Fundamentals
- Price$119.98 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$5.1B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+10.3% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E35.37 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+8.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+34.2% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+12.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.63 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+3.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.78 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.4%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Exposure to commodity price fluctuations and volatility in raw material costs","International operations and exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations across Asia Pacific and other regions","Customer concentration risk with customers representing major international brands and multinational manufacturers"]
Competitors & peers
- IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances)
- Givaudan
- Firmenich
- BASF Colors & Effects
- Chromatech
- Neelikon
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.