Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT): Price and Financial Metrics

SXT POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where SXT ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 78.01% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SXT is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• SXT ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 29th percentile.

SXT Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 268.4, Sensient Technologies Corp is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 90.25% of US stocks.
• Sensient Technologies Corp's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.32% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of Sensient Technologies Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.61% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SXT, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are B, HLNE, CR, FELE, and ENS.
• Visit SXT's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.sensient.com.

SXT Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, SXT's price/earnings ratio is 61.31% higher, now standing at 32.1.
• SXT's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.4 over the prior 243 months.
• SXT's price/earnings ratio has moved up 15 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SXT.

SXT Growth Metrics

Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at -3.36%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -24.11%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -6.55%.

SXT's revenue has moved up $70,262,000 over the prior 18 months.

The table below shows SXT's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	1,380.264	145.218	118.745
2021-09-30	1,374.484	192.001	116.685
2021-06-30	1,353.763	200.427	115.683
2021-03-31	1,341.026	210.816	120.367
2020-12-31	1,332.001	218.78	109.472
2020-09-30	1,315.918	192.528	67.341

SXT's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SXT has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 78.34% of graded US stocks.
• SXT's asset turnover comes in at 0.798 -- ranking 27th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
• GCP, CSWI, and GURE are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with SXT.

The table below shows SXT's key quality metrics over time.