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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. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: January 5, 1988
Headquarters: 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 53202-5304
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$117.79
Market Cap
$4.81B
Float
41.9M
Shares Outstanding
42.6M
P/E (Forward)
22.73
P/E (TTM)
33.36
Price/Sales (TTM)
2.91
vs. Analyst Target
+12.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
8.71%
Operating Margin (TTM)
15.28%
Revenue (TTM)
$1.66B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
28.40%
Dividend Rate
1.6%
Analyst Target Price
$133.00 (2 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$1.33B
$109M
$426M
$202M
2021
$1.38B
$119M
$455M
$222M
2022
$1.44B
$141M
$489M
$249M
2023
$1.46B
$93.4M
$1.46B
$155M
2024
$1.56B
$125M
$507M
$252M
2025
$1.61B
$134M
$539M
$268M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$414M
$37.6M
Sep 2025
$412M
$37.0M
Dec 2025
$393M
$25.5M
Mar 2026
$436M
$44.2M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
1.3%
Institutional Ownership
109.6%
Short Float
3.9%
% of All Funds Holding
3.69%
Number of Funds Holding
303
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$107.28
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$99.06
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$92.90
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$79.69
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$100.70
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$92.50
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$81.08
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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