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SXT (Sensient Technologies) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.17 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sensient Technologies Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Sensient Technologies's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-13.24 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $76.82 Mil.

Hence, Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.17.


Sensient Technologies Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sensient Technologies Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

Sensient Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.22 0.24 0.42 6.57 0.52

Sensient Technologies Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.41 0.32 0.73 0.27 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.



Sensient Technologies Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-87.868) / 169.697
=0.52

Sensient Technologies's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-13.238) / 76.815
=0.17

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Sensient Technologies  (NYSE:SXT) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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Sensient Technologies Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53202-5304
Sensient Technologies Corp manufactures and markets natural and synthetic colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients. The company has a widespread network of facilities around the globe, and its customers operate across a variety of end markets. Sensient's offerings are predominantly applied to consumer-facing products, including food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and personal care industries. The company's principal products are flavors, flavor enhancers, ingredients, extracts, and bionutrients, essential oils, dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients, natural and synthetic food and beverage colors, and others. The company's three reportable segments were the Flavors & Extracts Group, the Color Group, and the Asia Pacific Group.
Executives
Michael C Geraghty officer: President, Color Group 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Gebhardt Deborah Mckeithan director 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Essie Whitelaw director 777 E WISCONSIN AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
E. Craig Mitchell officer: Pres, Flavors & Fragrances Grp 777 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Anstalt Winder 10 percent owner ZOLLSTRASSE 16, SCHAAN N2 9494
Investment Anstalt Winder 10 percent owner ZOLLSTRASSE 16, SCHAAN N2 9494
Winder Pte. Ltd. 10 percent owner 6 BATTERY ROAD #19-01A, SINGAPORE U0 049909
Cunha Kathleen Da director 777 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 1100, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Winder Investment Pte Ltd 10 percent owner 19-01A 6 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE U0 049909
Sharad P Jain director 777 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 1100, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Freemont Capital Pte Ltd 10 percent owner 19-01A 6 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE U0 049909
Foundation Haldor 10 percent owner ZOLLSTRASSE 16, SCHAAN N2 9494
Elaine R Wedral director C/O BALCHEM CORP, P O BOX 600, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Paul Manning officer: President, Color Group 777 E. WISCONSIN AVE., MILWAUKEE WI 53202
Joseph Carleone director 3883 HOWARD HUGHES PKWY, SUITE 700, LAS VEGAS NV 89169