* The 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is the 5-year average EBITDA per share growth rate. While the denominator is a percentage, we use the whole number as opposed to the decimal form for the calculation. For example, 5% would be shown as 5 as opposed to 0.05. If it's smaller than or equal to 0, then the PEG Ratio is not calculated.
The historical rank and industry rank for Sensient Technologies's PEG Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SXT'
s PEG Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.95 Med: 6.21 Max: 81.46
Current: 35.09
During the past 13 years, Sensient Technologies's highest PEG Ratio was 81.46. The lowest was 1.95. And the median was 6.21.
SXT's PEG Ratio is ranked worse than 97.04% of 709
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.79
vs SXT: 35.09
Peter Lynch thinks a company with a P/E ratio equal to its growth rate is fairly valued.
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Sensient Technologies's PEG Ratio
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sensient Technologies's PEG Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PEG Ratio 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 PEG Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sensient Technologies's PEG Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sensient Technologies's PEG Ratio falls into.
Sensient Technologies PEG Ratio Calculation
PEG Ratio is defined as the PE Ratio without NRI divided by the growth ratio.
The ratio we use is the 5-Year EBITDA growth rate.
* 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.
* Note: The 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is the 5-year average EBITDA per share growth rate. While the denominator is a percentage, we use the whole number as opposed to the decimal form for the calculation. For example, 5% would be shown as 5 as opposed to 0.05. If it's smaller than or equal to 0, then the PEG Ratio is not calculated.
Sensient Technologies (NYSE:SXT) PEG Ratio Explanation
To compare stocks with different growth rates, Peter Lynch invented a ratio called PEG Ratio. PEG Ratio is defined as the P/E ratio divided by the growth ratio. He thinks a company with a P/E ratio equal to its growth rate is fairly valued. Still he said he would rather buy a company growing 20% a year with a P/E of 20, instead of a company growing 10% a year with a P/E of 10.
Sensient Technologies PEG Ratio Related Terms
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Sensient Technologies (Sensient Technologies) Business Description
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, nutraceutical 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 and the Color Group and, Asia Pacific Group.
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