Currently, Sensient Technologies Corp [SXT] is trading at $96.56, up 2.90%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SXT shares have gain 2.12% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.12%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Sensient Technologies Corp [NYSE: SXT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 10, 2025, when CJS Securities initiated its Market Perform rating and assigned the stock a price target of $95. Previously, Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to Outperform on October 17, 2023, and kept the price target unchanged to $70. On October 10, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $92 on the stock. Robert W. Baird started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $90 on May 27, 2021. Stephens initiated its recommendation with an Overweight and recommended $70 as its price target on July 10, 2020. Seaport Global Securities downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on October 21, 2019. In a note dated February 21, 2019, Seaport Global Securities initiated a Buy rating.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $66.14 and a high of $121.54 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $85 within the next 12 months. Sensient Technologies Corp [NYSE: SXT] shares were valued at $96.56 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.97% based on the average SXT price forecast.
Analyzing the SXT fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Sensient Technologies Corp [NYSE:SXT] were 1.60B which represents 4.97% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.11. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.6.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 93.90 points at the first support level, and at 91.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 98.31, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 100.05.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Sensient Technologies Corp [NYSE:SXT] is 4.59. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.79, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.57, the price to book ratio is 3.48 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 29.53.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WHITELAW ESSIE, Director, that happened on Dec 03 ’25 when 3985.0 shares were sold. Director, WHITELAW ESSIE completed a deal on Nov 20 ’25 to sell 533.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP and Treasurer Plautz David J. bought 2150.0 shares on Nov 04 ’25.
