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Sensient Technologies Corp

SXT
94.290USD
+4.540+5.06%
Close 10/31, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
4.00BMarket Cap
29.69P/E TTM

Sensient Technologies Corp

94.290
+4.540+5.06%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Sensient Technologies Corp

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Sensient Technologies Corp's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
22 / 70
Overall Ranking
148 / 4618
Industry
Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 3 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
122.333
Target Price
+36.30%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Sensient Technologies Corp Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Sensient Technologies Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients. The Company operates through three segments: Flavors & Extracts, Color and the Asia Pacific. The Flavors & Extracts and Color segments are managed on a product basis. The Company’s Flavors & Extracts segment produces flavor, extracts, and essential oils products that impart a desired taste, texture, aroma, or other characteristic to a range of consumer and other products. The Color segment produces natural and synthetic color systems for foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals; colors, ingredients, and systems for personal care; and technical colors for industrial applications. Asia Pacific segment is managed on a geographic basis and produces and distributes color, flavor, and essential oils products for the Asia Pacific countries. Its natural ingredients business produces dehydrated garlic, onion, and other natural ingredients for food processors.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 55.67%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 55.67%.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PB is 3.46, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 43.58M shares, decreasing 11.24% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by CI Select Canadian Equity Fund
Star Investor CI Select Canadian Equity Fund holds 342.00 shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 1.01.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 7.64, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 414.23M, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.65%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 21.51%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.64
Change
0

Financials

6.36

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

8.30

Operational Efficiency

7.84

Growth Potential

8.20

Shareholder Returns

7.48

Sensient Technologies Corp's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 4.22, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is 29.50, which is 33.13% below the recent high of 39.28 and 41.07% above the recent low of 17.39.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.22
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 22/70
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.26. The average price target for Sensient Technologies Corp is 125.00, with a high of 127.00 and a low of 115.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 3 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
122.333
Target Price
+29.74%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

22
Total
5
Median
7
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Sensient Technologies Corp
SXT
3
Albemarle Corp
ALB
27
Ecolab Inc
ECL
27
Eastman Chemical Co
EMN
19
Celanese Corp
CE
17
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA
SQM
16
1
2
3
4
5

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.21, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.68. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 101.59 and the support level at 88.01, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.53
Change
0.68

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(2)
Neutral(4)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.288
Neutral
RSI(14)
46.108
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
28.167
Neutral
ATR(14)
3.259
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
76.971
Neutral
Williams %R
61.193
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-0.204
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(3)
Neutral(0)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
92.742
Buy
MA10
94.586
Sell
MA20
94.182
Buy
MA50
100.614
Sell
MA100
104.209
Sell
MA200
92.253
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.91. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 102.62%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 3.86%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 4.96M shares, representing 11.69% of shares outstanding, with 2.11% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Freemont Capital Pte Ltd
6.30M
--
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
5.67M
-3.88%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
5.00M
-0.34%
Janus Henderson Investors
2.33M
+1.43%
State Street Investment Management (US)
1.68M
-0.59%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
1.21M
-4.11%
Eminence Capital, LP
1.01M
--
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
1.00M
+0.93%
Westwood Management Corp. (Texas)
926.52K
--
Victory Capital Management Inc.
785.73K
+454.93%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 7.44, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 5.83. The company's beta value is 0.60. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.44
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.60
VaR
+2.52%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+25.69%
240-Day Volatility
+33.31%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+5.06%
120 days
+5.55%
5 years
+13.54%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-4.68%
120 days
-4.68%
5 years
-7.49%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-2.68
120 days
+0.04
5 years
+0.38

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+25.69%
3 years
+32.81%
5 years
+49.55%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.81
3 years
+0.30
5 years
+0.10
Skewness
240 days
+1.44
3 years
+0.91
5 years
+0.66

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+33.31%
5 years
+28.42%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.48%
5 years
+2.00%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+6.57%
240 days
+6.57%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+30.92%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+32.07%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+1.07%
120 days
+1.01%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+101.04%
60 days
+76.87%
120 days
+66.84%

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