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Manufacturer of Fragrances
Sensient Technologies is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their products are used in many foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, home and personal care products, specialty printing and imaging products, computer imaging and industrial colors. In 2021, Sensient was ranked 10th on the Global Top 50 Food Flavors and Fragrances Companies list.3 Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol SXT.1Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Sensient Technologies is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their products are used in many foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, home and personal care products, specialty printing and imaging products, computer imaging and industrial colors. In 2021, Sensient was ranked 10th on the Global Top 50 Food Flavors and Fragrances Companies list.3
Financials
From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.
Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2025
Capital spendingDividends paid
Capital spending56¢$89.4M
Dividends paid44¢$69.6M
Out of $127.8M of cash from operations. Spending exceeded cash from operations; the rest came from savings or borrowing.9
Financial statements
Revenue101112139$1.6B in 2025+22% since 2019Operating income101112139$207.1M in 2025+71% since 2019Net income101112139$134.5M in 2025+64% since 2019
Revenue1415$462.1M in Q2 FY2026+6% since Q1 FY2026Operating income1415$76.7M in Q2 FY2026+15% since Q1 FY2026Net income1415$51.4M in Q2 FY2026+16% since Q1 FY2026
Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.9
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
Revenue
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.5B
Cost of products sold
$1.1B
$1.1B
$996.2M
Selling and administrative expenses
$332.2M
$315.5M
$305.3M
Operating income
$207.1M
$191.6M
$155.0M
Interest expense
$29.6M
$28.8M
$25.2M
Earnings before income taxes
$177.5M
$162.8M
$129.9M
Income taxes
$43.1M
$38.1M
$36.5M
Net earnings
$134.5M
$124.7M
$93.4M
Basic (in dollars per share)
$3.18
$2.96
$2.22
Diluted (in dollars per share)
$3.16
$2.94
$2.21
Basic (in shares)
42.2M shares
42.1M shares
42.0M shares
Diluted (in shares)
42.6M shares
42.4M shares
42.2M shares
No quarter-by-quarter statement was filed.
Total assets101112139$2.2B in 2025+29% since 2019Shareholders’ equity16101112139$1.2B in 2025+35% since 2019Cash16101112139$36.5M in 2025+73% since 2019Long-term debt16101112139$709.2M in 2025+19% since 2019
Total assets1415$2.4B in Q2 FY2026+6% since Q1 FY2025Shareholders’ equity1415$1.3B in Q2 FY2026+6% since Q1 FY2025Cash1415$31.0M in Q2 FY2026−15% since Q1 FY2025Long-term debt1415$763.5M in Q2 FY2026+8% since Q1 FY2025
Every line of the balance sheet as filed: the last 3 fiscal years (annual) or 3 quarters (quarterly), latest first.9
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
Cash and cash equivalents
$36.5M
$26.6M
Trade accounts receivable
$305.4M
$290.1M
Inventories
$678.2M
$600.3M
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$59.7M
$44.9M
Fixed assets held for sale
$1.6M
$0
Total current assets
$1.1B
$961.9M
Other assets
$102.4M
$96.3M
Deferred tax assets
$71.2M
$50.4M
Intangible assets, net
$10.1M
$11.9M
Goodwill
$439.7M
$411.8M
$424.1M
Land
$34.9M
$32.4M
Buildings
$366.8M
$351.2M
Machinery and equipment
$858.8M
$804.4M
Construction in progress
$78.5M
$43.9M
Property, plant, and equipment, gross
$1.3B
$1.2B
Less accumulated depreciation
-$799.7M
-$740.3M
Property, plant, and equipment, net
$539.3M
$491.6M
Total assets
$2.2B
$2.0B
$2.0B
Trade accounts payable
$138.3M
$139.1M
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings from employees
$44.0M
$47.5M
Other accrued expenses
$65.7M
$52.0M
Income taxes
$15.2M
$12.2M
Short-term borrowings
$352.0K
$19.8M
Total current liabilities
$263.6M
$270.6M
Deferred tax liabilities
$13.7M
$14.6M
Other liabilities
$40.1M
$39.5M
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
$24.0M
$24.5M
Long-term debt
$709.2M
$613.5M
Common stock, par value $0.10 a share, authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 53,954,874 shares
$5.4M
$5.4M
Additional paid-in capital
$123.7M
$117.5M
Earnings reinvested in the business
$1.8B
$1.8B
Treasury stock, 11,685,819 and 11,779,321 shares, respectively, at cost
-$612.3M
-$617.2M
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
-$170.3M
-$226.8M
Total shareholders' equity
$1.2B
$1.1B
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$2.2B
$2.0B
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$0.10
$0.10
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)
100.0M shares
100.0M shares
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)
54.0M shares
54.0M shares
Treasury stock, shares (in shares)
11.7M shares
11.8M shares
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
Cash and cash equivalents
$36.5M
$26.6M
Trade accounts receivable
$305.4M
$290.1M
Inventories
$678.2M
$600.3M
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$59.7M
$44.9M
Fixed assets held for sale
$1.6M
$0
Total current assets
$1.1B
$961.9M
Other assets
$102.4M
$96.3M
Deferred tax assets
$71.2M
$50.4M
Intangible assets, net
$10.1M
$11.9M
Goodwill
$439.7M
$411.8M
$424.1M
Land
$34.9M
$32.4M
Buildings
$366.8M
$351.2M
Machinery and equipment
$858.8M
$804.4M
Construction in progress
$78.5M
$43.9M
Property, plant, and equipment, gross
$1.3B
$1.2B
Less accumulated depreciation
-$799.7M
-$740.3M
Property, plant, and equipment, net
$539.3M
$491.6M
Total assets
$2.2B
$2.0B
$2.0B
Trade accounts payable
$138.3M
$139.1M
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings from employees
$44.0M
$47.5M
Other accrued expenses
$65.7M
$52.0M
Income taxes
$15.2M
$12.2M
Short-term borrowings
$352.0K
$19.8M
Total current liabilities
$263.6M
$270.6M
Deferred tax liabilities
$13.7M
$14.6M
Other liabilities
$40.1M
$39.5M
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
$24.0M
$24.5M
Long-term debt
$709.2M
$613.5M
Common stock, par value $0.10 a share, authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 53,954,874 shares
$5.4M
$5.4M
Additional paid-in capital
$123.7M
$117.5M
Earnings reinvested in the business
$1.8B
$1.8B
Treasury stock, 11,685,819 and 11,779,321 shares, respectively, at cost
-$612.3M
-$617.2M
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
-$170.3M
-$226.8M
Total shareholders' equity
$1.2B
$1.1B
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
$2.2B
$2.0B
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
$0.10
$0.10
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)
100.0M shares
100.0M shares
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)
54.0M shares
54.0M shares
Treasury stock, shares (in shares)
11.7M shares
11.8M shares
Cash from operations101112139$127.8M in 2025−28% since 2019Capital spending101112139$89.4M in 2025+129% since 2019Free cash flow101112139$38.4M in 2025−72% since 2019Dividends paid101112139$69.6M in 2025+12% since 2019Share buybacks101112$0 in 2023
Cash flow is reported year to date, not quarter by quarter, so there are no separate quarterly figures.
Every line of the cash flow as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.9
Period ending
2025-12-31
2024-12-31
2023-12-31
Net earnings
$134.5M
$124.7M
$93.4M
Depreciation and amortization
$61.1M
$60.3M
$57.8M
Share-based compensation expense
$13.9M
$10.1M
$8.9M
Net loss (gain) on assets
$289.0K
-$140.0K
$541.0K
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs
$5.3M
$1.4M
$24.1M
Deferred income taxes
-$2.7M
-$18.6M
-$5.1M
Trade accounts receivable
-$1.1M
-$29.6M
$35.8M
Inventories
-$62.2M
-$18.3M
-$28.2M
Prepaid expenses and other assets
-$19.0M
-$5.4M
$5.8M
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
-$1.4M
$9.0M
-$6.0M
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings from employees
-$5.1M
$22.5M
-$17.8M
Income taxes
$1.8M
-$810.0K
-$1.2M
Other liabilities
$2.5M
$2.0M
$1.6M
Net cash provided by operating activities
$127.8M
$157.2M
$169.7M
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
-$89.4M
-$59.2M
-$87.9M
Proceeds from sale of assets
$496.0K
$339.0K
$156.0K
Acquisition of new businesses
-$4.9M
$0
-$1.6M
Other investing activities
$1.1M
-$336.0K
$1.7M
Net cash used in investing activities
-$92.7M
-$59.2M
-$87.6M
Proceeds from additional borrowings
$216.5M
$159.3M
$351.7M
Debt payments
-$177.6M
-$167.1M
-$355.2M
Dividends paid
-$69.6M
-$69.4M
-$69.2M
Other financing activities
-$4.3M
-$4.4M
-$9.3M
Net cash used in financing activities
-$35.0M
-$81.5M
-$82.0M
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
$9.8M
-$18.7M
$7.9M
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Sensient Technologies sits at the top of its group. 58 entities, 31 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
Major holders of Sensient Technologies
Winder Pte. Ltd.Filed SCHEDULE 13G/A on Sensient Technologies, latest Aug 13, 2026 (3 filings since Feb 14, 2025)
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What it owns
What Sensient Technologies reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
We lease our corporate headquarters offices, which are located at 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We own our Color Group headquarters offices located in St. Louis, Missouri. We lease our Asia Pacific Group headquarters offices located in Singapore. We own a part, and lease a part, of our Flavors & Extracts Group headquarters offices located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. As of December 31, 2025, the locations of our production properties by reportable segment are as follows:
Color Group:
The rest of Item 2
U.S. – St. Louis, Missouri.
International – Jundiai, Brazil*; Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Nancy, France*; Saint Ouen L’Aumone, France; Geesthacht, Germany; Reggio Emilia, Italy; Lerma, Mexico; Lima, Peru*; Johannesburg, South Africa; Gebze, Turkey; and Kings Lynn, United Kingdom.
Flavors & Extracts Group:
U.S. – Livingston and Turlock, California; Amboy, Illinois; Harbor Beach, Michigan; Juneau, Wisconsin; and Deming, New Mexico.
International – Heverlee, Belgium; San Jose, Costa Rica*; Geesthacht, Germany; Celaya and Tlalnepantla*, Mexico; and Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
Asia Pacific Group:
U.S. – None.
International – Keysborough, Australia; Guangzhou, China*; Mumbai, India*; Hitachi, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand; Manila, Philippines*; and Bangkok, Thailand*.
* Indicates a leased property at the location.
All properties are owned except as otherwise indicated above. All facilities are considered to be in good condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and suitable and adequate for the Company’s requirements.
Sensient Technologies was founded in 1882 as Meadow Springs Distilling Company. In the late 19th century, the company changed its name to National Distilling Company. By 1919 the company was threatened by prohibition but by then it had created a business selling yeast under the Red Star Yeast brand. Accordingly, the company changed its name to Red Star Yeast and Products Company.
By the 1960s, the company had become a highly diversified food company and changed its name again to Universal Foods Corporation. In 1977 the company listed its stock on the New York Stock Exchange (SXT).
In 1984 Sensient acquired Warner-Jenkinson Co. (color applications). Together with some other acquisitions this developed into the cosmetic color division. This division is now called 'Sensient Cosmetic Technologies'.
Kenneth P. Manning, Sensient Technologies' Chairman and CEO, joined the company in 1987 as Group Vice President. When Manning was named CEO of Universal Foods in 1996, he accelerated its expansion by making strategic acquisitions. Since 1997, the corporation has acquired 20 companies.
In 2000 Universal Foods changed its name to Sensient Technologies Corporation. Following this name change, Sensient sold Red Star Yeast in 2001.
Sensient Natural Ingredients received Non-GMO Project Verification for its California-grown garlic, onion and parsley in March 2016.
Sensient is a member of the European Flavour Association. The company does not test its products or raw materials on animals except when required by law.
Oct 30, 2026 · Before the openReports results for the quarter ending Sep/2026 A year earlier it reported $0.96 a share, on Oct 31, 2025.86
When it reported results
Jul 24, 2026Reported quarterly or annual results75
Apr 24, 2026Reported quarterly or annual results78
Feb 13, 2026Reported quarterly or annual results79
Oct 31, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results81
Jul 25, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results84
Apr 25, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results87
Feb 14, 2025Reported quarterly or annual results88
Oct 25, 2024Reported quarterly or annual results89
Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar
Filings
422 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 15 quarterly reports, 53 major events, 293 insider forms, 27 large holders, 29 other. The latest 20:
69 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 52 buys and 17 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.
What the company paid its top executives, from the summary compensation table in its proxy statement. Total pay includes salary, bonus, stock and option awards and other pay, as the company valued them.
Year
Executive
Age
Salary
Total pay
2025
Paul ManningChairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.
13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.
SEC filer profile
How Sensient Technologies is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
