Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Sensient Technologies Corporation
Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients worldwide. It operates in three segments: Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific. The Flavors & Extracts segment develops, manufactures, and supplies flavor systems for the food, beverage, and personal care industries under the Sensient Flavors and Sensient Agricultural Ingredients brands. This segment produces flavor, extract, and essential oil products; Agricultural Ingredients, such as dehydrated garlic, onion, and other agricultural ingredients for food processors; systems products, including flavor-delivery systems, taste modulation systems, and compounded and blended products; and selected ingredient products, such as natural and synthetic flavors, natural extracts, and essential oils. The Color segment develops, manufactures, and supplies colors.
Sector: Basic Materials · Industry: Specialty Chemicals · United States · 4,070 employees · sensient.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-06
As of 2026-09-06, Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) had a market capitalization of $5.74B, a trailing P/E of 36.3 (forward 27.2), a dividend yield of 1.22% and a beta of 0.78; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $82.60 – $138.82 (20.4% over the year).
- Market cap
- $5.74B
- Enterprise value
- $6.47B
- Trailing P/E
- 36.3
- Forward P/E
- 27.2
- PEG ratio
- 1.74
- Price / book
- 4.53
- EPS (trailing)
- $3.71
- EPS (forward)
- $4.96
- Dividend yield
- 1.22%
- Payout ratio
- 44.2%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-03
- 52-week range
- $82.60 – $138.82
- 52-week change
- 20.4%
- Beta
- 0.78
- Average volume
- 492,351
- Shares outstanding
- 42.6M
- Short % of float
- 5.51%
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) last closed at $131.06 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 48 (neutral territory), price -2.3% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +6.1%, MACD histogram -0.90.
Sentiment inputs: StockTwits 100% bullish; analyst consensus score 70/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 49 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
Members of Congress disclosed 0 buys and 0 sells of SXT; corporate insiders filed 0 buys and 1 sell (1 filer, latest disclosure 2026-08-06). Filings arrive days to weeks after the trade and are not a live signal. Most active filers: Mario Ferruzzi (0B/1S). Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
SXT has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell SXT.
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