SXT
Sensient Technologies CorporationNYSE
Basic Materials • Specialty Chemicals
Factor tilt: Mid-Cap Blend
$119.19-0.47%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $5.07B
- 1 month
- -9.7%
- 3 months
- -7.9%
- 1 year
- +24.0%
- 52-week range
- $82.96$137.45
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- $1.64 · 1.38% yield
- Last ex-date
- Aug 3, 2026 · $0.41
- Short interest
- 2.7% of float1.1M shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · -13.8% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Revenue
- $1.75B
- Net income
- $169.36M
- Free cash flow
- -$17.51M
- Book value
- $1.29B
- Total debt
- $790.41M
- P/E
- 30×
- Price / sales
- 2.9×
- Price / book
- 3.9×
- FCF yield
- -0.3%
- Net margin
- +9.7%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About Sensient Technologies Corporation
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.
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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.
- Website
- sensient.com
- Headquarters
- Milwaukee, WI, United States
- Employees
- 4,070
- Listed
- Jan 5, 1988
- Fiscal year ends
- December
Company profile from EODHD, stored Nov 2, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026filed Oct 30, 2026 | $455.8M | +10.6% | 36.2% | $72.4M | $48.3M |
| Jun 2026filed Aug 4, 2026 | $462.1M | +11.6% | 37.4% | $76.7M | $51.4M |
| Mar 2026filed May 5, 2026 | $435.8M | +11.1% | 35.0% | $66.7M | $44.2M |
| Dec 2025filed Feb 13, 2026 | $393.4M | +4.5% | 31.4% | $38.2M | $25.5M |
| Sep 2025filed Nov 4, 2025 | $412.1M | +5.0% | 34.3% | $57.7M | $37.0M |
| Jun 2025filed Aug 5, 2025 | $414.2M | +2.7% | 34.5% | $57.7M | $37.6M |
| Mar 2025filed May 6, 2025 | $392.3M | +2.0% | 33.6% | $53.5M | $34.5M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $376.4M | +7.8% | 31.7% | $42.0M | $30.1M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025filed Feb 13, 2026 | $1.6B | +3.5% | 33.5% | $207.1M | $134.5M |
| Dec 2024filed Feb 19, 2025 | $1.6B | +6.9% | 32.6% | $191.6M | $124.7M |
| Dec 2023filed Feb 8, 2024 | $1.5B | +1.4% | — | $155.0M | $93.4M |
| Dec 2022filed Feb 17, 2023 | $1.4B | +4.1% | 34.0% | $196.8M | $140.9M |
| Dec 2021filed Feb 18, 2022 | $1.4B | +3.6% | 32.9% | $170.2M | $118.7M |
| Dec 2020filed Feb 22, 2021 | $1.3B | +0.7% | 31.9% | $167.2M | $109.5M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched SXT. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
1,145,566 shares short
-182,888 shares (-13.8%) vs Sep 30, 2026
2.7% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
1,328,454 shares short
-222,775 shares (-14.4%) vs Sep 15, 2026
3.2% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
1,551,229 shares short
-36,234 shares (-2.3%) vs Aug 31, 2026
3.7% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
1,587,463 shares short
+239,547 shares (+17.8%) vs Aug 14, 2026
3.8% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
1,347,916 shares short
-186,348 shares (-12.1%) vs Jul 31, 2026
3.2% of the stored float. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
1,534,264 shares short
+261,614 shares (+20.6%) vs Jul 15, 2026
3.7% of the stored float. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind SXT’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 9, 2026 (future recorded date)
Recorded pay date: Dec 1, 2026 (pending)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 3, 2026
Recorded pay date: Sep 1, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: May 11, 2026
Recorded pay date: Jun 1, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Feb 3, 2026
Recorded pay date: Mar 2, 2026 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Nov 10, 2025
Recorded pay date: Dec 1, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.41 per share
Ex-dividend date: Aug 4, 2025
Recorded pay date: Sep 2, 2025 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
2 for 1 · forward split
Effective May 26, 1998
Each 1 pre-split share becomes 2 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Smart money context
Holder IQ: MEDIUM
51 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Oct 29, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: accumulating (heavy)
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How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
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Stored SEC Forms 3/4/5 insider-signal records, ordered by filing date with amendment duplicates excluded. Filing date is not transaction date. The last-trade line locates recent reported activity; it does not date or reconstruct the complete count.
Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
382 filers reported a long position in SXT for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
49.6%
of the 42.2M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
8 added1 trimmed
1 not comparable
Net shares held
-15.4%
across the 9 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | $818.4M · 6.6M shares | 6.6M | +5.7% |
| 2 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | $342.3M · 2.8M shares | 2.8M | +1.2% |
| 3 | Freemont Capital Pte Ltd | $252.7M · 2M shares | 2M | -67.5% |
| 4 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $236.5M · 1.9M shares | 1.9M | +0.3% |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | $211.7M · 1.7M shares | 1.7M | +5.6% |
| 6 | Jupiter Topco LLC | $211.3M · 1.7M shares | 1.7M | — |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $136.8M · 1.1M shares | 1.1M | +6.5% |
| 8 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $130.8M · 1.1M shares | 1.1M | +1.4% |
| 9 | VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | $124.6M · 1M shares | 1M | +12% |
| 10 | CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO | $114.7M · 930.3K shares | 930.3K | +9.6% |
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Holders of more than 5% of SXT file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Winder Pte. Ltd.13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 5.24% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC13G · passive | 6.53% |
| Mar 27, 2026 | VANGUARD GROUP INC13G · passive · amended | 0%under 5% |
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