Sensient Technology closed at $123.71 on Nov 4, up 5.85%, 10.0% below its 52-week closing high. Volume of 289.7K shares was 0.56× its 20-day average (below normal).
Split-adjusted performance: -6.9% over one month, +3.9% over six months, +34.6% over one year.
In the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, revenue was $455.84M, up 10.6% from a year earlier, with a net margin of 10.6%.
Short interest was 1.1M shares at the Oct 15 settlement, down 13.8% from the prior report (2.7% of float, 3.4 days to cover).
Sensient Technologies Corp manufactures and markets natural and synthetic colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients. Sensient's offerings are predominantly applied to consumer-facing products, including food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and personal care industries.
What is SXT's market cap?
$5.27B, based on the Nov 4 close of $123.71.
What is SXT's P/E ratio?
31.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings of $169.36M.
Does Sensient Technology pay a dividend?
Yes. The latest regular dividend was $0.41 per share (ex-date Aug 3), an annualised yield of 1.33%.
How much of SXT is sold short?
1.1M shares, 2.7% of float, as of Oct 15, 2026.
What sector is SXT in?
Materials, in the Industrial Chemicals industry.
About Sensient Technology
Sensient Technologies Corp manufactures and markets natural and synthetic colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients. Sensient's offerings are predominantly applied to consumer-facing products, including food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and personal care industries. Its principal products are flavors, flavor enhancers, ingredients, extracts, and bionutrients, essential oils, dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients, natural and synthetic food and beverage colors, and others. The company's reportable segments are: Flavors & Extracts, which derive key revenue, Color, Asia Pacific, and Corporate and Other. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from North America, followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.
HQ: Milwaukee, WI4,070 employeesListed Jun 1, 1972sensient.com
Sources: Massive / Polygon daily aggregates (split-adjusted) · SEC filings via Massive · FINRA settlements via Massive · Financial Modeling Prep. Figures are dated where shown; research is informational, not investment advice. Methodology
