
Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) is a publicly traded specialty chemicals business based in the US. It opened the day at $86.63 after a previous close of $85.88. During the day the price has varied from a low of $85.86 to a high of $87.29. The latest price was $85.99 (25 minute delay). Sensient Technologies is listed on the NYSE and employs 3,844 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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- Can I buy shares in Sensient Technologies?
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- Performance over time
- Is Sensient Technologies stock a buy or sell?
- Are Sensient Technologies shares over-valued?
- Sensient Technologies shares summary
- Does Sensient Technologies pay a dividend?
- How volatile are Sensient Technologies shares?
- Other common questions
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Sensient Technologies share price (NYSE:SXT)
Use our graph to track the performance of SXT stocks over time.Sensient Technologies price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $85.99
1 week (2023-01-19) | 14.23% |
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1 month (2022-12-29) | 16.38% |
3 months (2022-10-28) | 21.51% |
6 months (2022-07-29) | 0.01% |
1 year (2022-01-28) | 1.68% |
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2 years (2021-01-29) | 21.92% |
3 years (2020-01-29) | 38.54% |
5 years (2018-01-29) | 18.30% |
Is it a good time to buy Sensient Technologies stock?
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Is Sensient Technologies under- or over-valued?
Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
P/E ratio
Sensient Technologies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Sensient Technologies shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
PEG ratio
Sensient Technologies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6662. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Sensient Technologies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
EBITDA
Sensient Technologies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $247.5 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Sensient Technologies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Sensient Technologies shares at a glance
Open | $86.63 |
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High | $87.29 |
Low | $85.86 |
Close | $85.99 |
Previous close | $85.88 |
Change | $0.11 |
Change % | 0.1281% |
Volume | 227,058 |
52-week range | $62.7847 - $88.7951 |
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50-day moving average | $73.647 |
200-day moving average | $78.0629 |
Wall St. target price | $84 |
PE ratio | 22.0818 |
Dividend yield | $1.64 (2.18%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.3 |
Do Sensient Technologies shares pay dividends?
Dividend yield: 2.18% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.18% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 48.52% of net profits
Sensient Technologies has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.18% of its share value annually.
Sensient Technologies has paid out, on average, around 48.52% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.18% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 2.18% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sensient Technologies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.64 per share.
While Sensient Technologies's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Sensient Technologies's most recent dividend payout was on 1 March 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 February 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Sensient Technologies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $62.7847 up to $88.7951. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Sensient Technologies's is 0.8901. This would suggest that Sensient Technologies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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