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SXT (Sensient Technologies) Profitability Rank : 8 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Sensient Technologies Profitability Rank?

Sensient Technologies has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Sensient Technologies's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 13.64%. As of today, Sensient Technologies's Piotroski F-Score is 7.


Competitive Comparison of Sensient Technologies's Profitability Rank

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sensient Technologies's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank 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 Profitability Rank Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sensient Technologies's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sensient Technologies's Profitability Rank falls into.


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Sensient Technologies Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Sensient Technologies has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Sensient Technologies's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=53.53 / 392.325
=13.64 %

* 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.

2. Piotroski F-Score

Good Sign:

Piotroski F-Score is 7, indicates a very healthy situation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Sensient Technologies has an F-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which usually indicates a very healthy situation.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Sensient Technologies Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Sensient Technologies Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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. Sensient's offerings are predominantly applied to consumer-facing products, including food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and personal care industries. Its 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 reportable segments are; Flavors & Extracts, which derive key revenue, Color, Asia Pacific, and Corporate and Other. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from North America, followed by Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions.
Executives
Mario Ferruzzi director 777 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202
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
Foundation Haldor 10 percent owner ZOLLSTRASSE 16, SCHAAN N2 9494
Freemont Capital Pte Ltd 10 percent owner 19-01A 6 BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE U0 049909
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