SXT 📈 Sensient Technologies - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US81725T1007

SXT: Colors, Flavors, Specialty Ingredients, Food Additives, Personal Care Products

Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa. The company offers flavor-delivery systems, and compounded and blended products; ingredient products, such as essential oils, natural and synthetic flavors, and natural extracts; and chili powder, paprika, and chili pepper, as well as dehydrated vegetables comprising parsley, celery, and spinach to the food, beverage, and personal care industries. It also provides natural and synthetic color systems for use in foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals; colors and other ingredients for personal care, such as active ingredients, solubilizers, and surface treated pigments; pharmaceutical and nutraceutical excipients, including colors, flavors, coatings, and nutraceutical ingredients; and technical colors for industrial applications under the Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical Coating Systems, Sensient Cosmetic Technologies, and Sensient Specialty Markets trade names. Sensient Technologies Corporation was incorporated in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Web URL: https://www.sensient.com

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SXT Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 3,304m
Sector Basic Materials
Industry Specialty Chemicals
GiC Sub-Industry Specialty Chemicals
IPO / Inception 1988-01-05

SXT Stock Ratings

Growth 5y 29.3%
Fundamental 30.6%
Dividend 55.6%
Rel. Strength Industry 7861
Analysts 4.5/5
Fair Price Momentum 70.35 USD
Fair Price DCF 86.97 USD

SXT Dividends

Dividend Yield 12m 2.24%
Yield on Cost 5y 2.80%
Annual Growth 5y 2.21%
Payout Consistency 97.7%

SXT Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m -13.3%
Growth Correlation 12m 85%
Growth Correlation 5y 24.5%
CAGR 5y 4.59%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y 0.23
Sharpe Ratio 12m 0.45
Alpha -10.01
Beta 0.87
Volatility 28.02%
Current Volume 557.1k
Average Volume 20d 200.5k
What is the price of SXT stocks?
As of December 21, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 73.34 with a total of 557,068 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -5.66%, over one month by -4.51%, over three months by -7.20% and over the past year by +12.02%.
Is Sensient Technologies a good stock to buy?
Neither. Based on ValueRay Fundamental Analyses, Sensient Technologies is currently (December 2024) neither a good nor a bad stock to buy. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of 30.64 and therefor a neutral outlook according to the companies health.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of SXT as of December 2024 is 70.35. This means that SXT is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -4.08%.
Is SXT a buy, sell or hold?
Sensient Technologies has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.50. Therefor, it is recommend to buy SXT.
  • Strong Buy: 1
  • Buy: 1
  • Hold: 0
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecast for SXT stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, SXT Sensient Technologies will be worth about 77.1 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 73.34. This means that the stock has a potential upside of +5.18%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price 86.5 17.9%
Analysts Target Price 77 5%
ValueRay Target Price 77.1 5.2%