SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP · Industrial Organic Chemicals

SXT

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 12% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable every year for 10 years
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 3.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (225 bought, 125 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$131.44-0.9% that day

Company value: $5.6B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 35.4x; You pay about $35 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 3.3x; Company value is 3.3 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 1.2%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 1%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 13%; Debt as a share of company value

From SXT's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$462.1M+12% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $1.7B, up 8.1% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 3.9% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of SXT. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+8% a yearRecently: +8.1% a yearProfit margin9%Last 12 months: 9.3%P/E at the end35xToday: 35.4x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$2.5B

Profit in 5 years$225M

Price these guesses point to$185.24+41% vs $131.44 todayAbout +7.1% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 9% margin and a 35x P/E, sales would have to grow about 0.8% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.11.9%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.59x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.8.3%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$38.4M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+0.9% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.6B; +3.5% vs prior year
5-year growth: +3.9%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $709.2M; 0.59x equity
Current ratio: 4.10x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.