Sensient Technologies is a specialty chemical company located in Wisconsin, United States, which is part of the Basic Materials sector, and is traded under the ticker SXT on the NYSE exchange.
Sensient Technologies stock last closed at $69.14, up 1.33% from the previous day, and has decreased 8.16% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Specialty Chemicals industry by 0.17 percentage points. Sensient Technologies stock is currently +30.7% from its 52-week low of $52.90, and -12.15% from its 52-week high of $78.70.
As of Apr 19, 2024, there are 42.34M SXT shares outstanding. The market value of SXT is $2.93B. In the last 24 hours, 187,452 SXT shares were traded.
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Last year, SXT earnings were $93.39M. In the last 5 year, SXT's earnings have grown by -9.76% per year. This was slower than the Specialty Chemicals industry average of 6.6%.
Last year, SXT revenue was $1.46B. In the past 5 year, SXT's revenue has grown by 0.98% per year. This was slower than the Specialty Chemicals industry average of 9.43%.
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Over the last year, executives and large shareholders at SXT have sold more shares than they have bought.
Steven B. Morris, President Flavors Group of SXT, was the latest SXT insider to sell. They sold $17,936.92 worth of SXT stock on Mar 1, 2024.
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Sensient Technologies pays a dividend of 2.37%, compared to the Specialty Chemicals industry's average dividend yield of 3.43%. If you owned $1,000 of SXT stock, you would have been paid $23.72 last year.
Sensient Technologies dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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