profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Sensient Technologies
$121.09-0.48% today
+30.4% in 1 year
1-year low $82.961-year high $137.45
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $38.32 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Sensient Technologies sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.44 billion in 2022 to $1.61 billion in 2025, with $134 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sensient Technologies handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$70M
Free cash flow 2025$38M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$70M
Cash vs. debt$37M vs. $710M
Sensient Technologies vs. similar companies
Sensient Technologies grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensient Technologies | 38.3× · Expensive | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.4× · Fair price | ||
 International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sensient Technologies's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,332 | 1,380 | 1,437 | 1,456 | 1,557 | 1,612 | |
| 424 | 455 | 489 | 460 | 507 | 539 | |
| 153 | 170 | 197 | 155 | 192 | 207 | |
| 202 | 222 | 249 | 213 | 252 | 268 | |
| 109 | 119 | 141 | 93 | 125 | 134 | |
| 2.59 | 2.81 | 3.34 | 2.21 | 2.94 | 3.16 | |
| 31.8% | 32.9% | 34.0% | 31.6% | 32.6% | 33.5% | |
| 11.5% | 12.3% | 13.7% | 10.6% | 12.3% | 12.8% | |
| 8.2% | 8.6% | 9.8% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,741 | 1,745 | 1,982 | 2,015 | 2,024 | 2,244 |
| Cash | 25 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 27 | 37 |
| Total debt | – | 512 | 651 | 659 | 633 | 710 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 982 | 961 | 963 | 1,051 |
| 934 | 938 | 1,000 | 1,053 | 1,061 | 1,194 | |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 43 | |
| 12.9% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 7.2% | 8.9% | 8.6% | |
| 11.7% | 12.7% | 14.1% | 8.9% | 11.8% | 11.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 145 | 12 | 170 | 157 | 128 | |
| 52 | 61 | 79 | 88 | 59 | 89 | |
| 167 | 84 | -67 | 82 | 98 | 38 | |
| Dividends paid | 66 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 |
| 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 14 |
Valuation
- 38.3×
- 30.8×
- 9.44
- 4.0×
- 3.2×
- 134.2×
- 21.7×
- 0.7%
- 2.6%
- 1.4%
Profitability
- 33.5%
- 12.8%
- 8.3%
- 17.0%
- 8.1%
- 7.3%
- 12.1%
- 6.3%
- 10.7%
- –
Growth
- +3.9%
- +4.1%
- −60.8%
- +1.0%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 2.6×
- 0.63
- 33.6%
- 7.3×
- 5.01
- 1.97
- 0.72
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 41%of 990
Top 42%of 955
Bottom 24%of 769
Bottom 47%of 933
Bottom 37%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $143.00
- Range
- $143.00 – $143.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 1.04 | 0.80 | +30.0% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 0.72 | 0.78 | −7.7% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 0.96 | 0.79 | +22.3% |
| Jul 25, 2025 | 0.94 | 0.88 | +6.8% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 0.86 | 0.82 | +4.9% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 0.65 | 0.64 | +1.6% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 0.80 | 0.80 | +0.0% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.77 | 0.82 | −6.1% |
1.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$14a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.04 in 2015 → $1.64 in 2025
How safe it looks
51.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 181.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
33No pass
Benjamin Graham
44No pass
Philip Fisher
29No pass
Peter Lynch
20No pass
Joel Greenblatt
9No pass
Charlie Munger
24No pass
Terry Smith
17No pass
Questions about Sensient Technologies
Is Sensient Technologies a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Sensient Technologies AI analysis
What does Sensient Technologies do?
Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It is in Chemicals - Specialty, based in Milwaukee, WI, United States, with 4,070 employees.
Does Sensient Technologies pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.4% a year, about 52% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $69.6 million in dividends.
Is Sensient Technologies stock halal?
Yes. Sensient Technologies passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 14% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Sensient Technologies stock done over the past year?
Up 30.4% over the past twelve months, to $121.09. It traded between $82.96 and $137.45 and is 11.9% below its high.
Who are Sensient Technologies's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, International Flavors & Fragrances, DuPont de Nemours and LyondellBasell Industries. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Sensient Technologies's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 10, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.