Down 11% on Oct 30, a down day for the market: the S&P 500 fell 2% and 71% of stocks fell.
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SXT's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 8.
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| The company | Profit up 17% to $158M |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 30 |
Mon Nov 9: Ex-dividend, $0.41 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 1.
After its last 4 reports it closed +4.2% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
SXT is #3 of 15 by Quality Score among Industrial Organic Chemicals.
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Net income over four quarters: SXT $158M, NEU $433M, IFF $292M.
Expected to report Fri Feb 12, before the open (in 102 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $455.8M, 11% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.13 a share, from $0.87.
“The Group’s revenue increase was driven primarily by higher prices and volume growth.”
SXT's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
“The Group’s revenue increase was driven primarily by strong volume growth.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 30)
Sales grew 3.9% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.64 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | -14.8% | -10.6% | open |
| Jul 24, 2026 | +2.5% | +8.3% | +5.9% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | +9.3% | +24.1% | +14.5% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $1.6B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
Its dividends come to 1567% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $1.64 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $70.2M a year |
| Free cash flow | $4.5M |
2 insiders sold $201K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
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.
“All Company products are sold in highly competitive markets.”
SXT scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #3 of 15 in Industrial Organic Chemicals by Quality Score, with 3 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 11% on Oct 30, a down day for the market: the S&P 500 fell 2% and 71% of stocks fell. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
SXT scores 8 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #3 of 15 in Industrial Organic Chemicals by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind SXT's 8.
2 insiders sold $201K across 2 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Mario Ferruzzi, Director, who sold $155K on Aug 5. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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