Sensient Technologies Corporation
Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and specialty ingredients for food and beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, personal care, and industrial customers. Its products include flavor systems, extracts, essential oils, dehydrated vegetables, natural and… From the company’s description.
Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Sensient Technologies Corporation reported revenue of $1.75B, up 9.5% from a year earlier, and net income of $169.36M. Its operating margin was 14.5%, and operations generated $119.88M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $1.61B, up 3.5% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $134.49M.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What Sensient Technologies Corporation does
In the company’s own words
Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) develops, manufactures, and markets colors, flavors, and specialty ingredients for food and beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, personal care, and industrial customers. Its products include flavor systems, extracts, essential oils, dehydrated vegetables, natural and synthetic colors, pharmaceutical excipients, and specialty dyes and pigments. Customers range from small businesses to major international manufacturers, which incorporate Sensient’s products into their own offerings. The company reports three segments: Flavors & Extracts, which supplies flavor systems and agricultural ingredients; Color, which serves food, beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, personal care, and industrial markets; and Asia Pacific, which markets products from both groups and regional offerings across the Pacific Rim and India. Its brands include Sensient Flavors, Sensient Agricultural Ingredients, Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical, Sensient Beauty, and Sensient Specialty Markets. Sensient employed 4,070 people worldwide as of December 31, 2025. Its website is www.sensient.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Materials
- Industry (SIC)
- Chemicals
- Headquarters
- MILWAUKEE, WI
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 310142
- SIC
- 2860
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Sensient Technologies Corporation — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Sensient Technologies Corporation’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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