Sensient Technologies (MEX:SXT) Risk Assessment

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MEX:SXT Sensient Technologies Corp MEX:SXT
84 GF Score
Price MXN1,400.00
GF Value MXN1,061.04
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is Sensient Technologies Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Sensient Technologies is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.

Sensient Technologies  (MEX:SXT) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Sensient Technologies Risk Assessment Related Terms

MEX:SXT vs CBT, BCPC, PRM: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sensient Technologies's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment vs Chemicals Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sensient Technologies's Risk Assessment falls into.


MEX:SXT
84GF Score
Sensient Technologies Corp MEX:SXT
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Is Sensient Technologies (MEX:SXT) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sensient Technologies stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of MXN1,400.00 is trading 31.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of MXN1,061.04.

Key valuation signals for MEX:SXT:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: MXN1,061.04 vs. price of MXN1,400.00 (31.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 84/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the MEX:SXT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Sensient Technologies Business Description

Other Exchanges SXT:USASSF:Germany
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.
84GF Score

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MXN1,400.00
Price
MXN1,061.04
GF Value