Growth Metrics

Sensient Technologies (SXT) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Sensient Technologies (SXT) reported FCF Margin of 9.72% for Q1 2026, down 313.0% year-over-year from 4.56% in Q1 2025, and down 395.43% on a QoQ basis from 3.29% in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 9.72% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 313.0% year-over-year to 9.72% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.32% (down 302.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.38%, down 391.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin fell to 9.72% in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 3.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 16.19% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 9.72% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.07% (2024), against an average of 1.64%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Margin slumped 1352 bps; it then soared 2096 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing SXT's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 8.73% in 2022, then jumped by 240 bps to 12.23% in 2023, then slumped by 104 bps to 0.46% in 2024, then jumped by 814 bps to 3.29% in 2025, then slumped by 395 bps to 9.72% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SXT FCF Margin figures stand at 9.72% (Q1 2026), 3.29% (Q4 2025), and 5.87% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 10.23%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.01%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 18.06%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 34.80%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn -0.48%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn -7.48%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 17.33%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 7.73%
10 Sensient Technologies 4.73 Bn 4.69 Bn 152.69 Mn -9.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -9.72%
Dec 31, 2025 3.29%
Sep 30, 2025 5.87%
Jun 30, 2025 6.54%
Mar 31, 2025 -6.58%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.46%
Sep 30, 2024 16.19%
Jun 30, 2024 7.93%
Mar 31, 2024 1.07%
Dec 31, 2023 12.23%
Sep 30, 2023 8.94%
Jun 30, 2023 8.52%
Mar 31, 2023 -6.86%
Dec 31, 2022 -8.73%
Sep 30, 2022 -7.51%
Jun 30, 2022 1.06%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.83%
Dec 31, 2021 1.73%
Sep 30, 2021 4.31%
Jun 30, 2021 14.59%
Mar 31, 2021 4.09%
Dec 31, 2020 17.24%
Sep 30, 2020 7.02%
Jun 30, 2020 18.16%
Mar 31, 2020 7.85%
Dec 31, 2019 11.48%
Sep 30, 2019 13.19%
Jun 30, 2019 13.11%
Mar 31, 2019 4.35%
Dec 31, 2018 17.87%
Sep 30, 2018 7.87%
Jun 30, 2018 -6.18%
Mar 31, 2018 -8.35%
Dec 31, 2017 -2.85%
Sep 30, 2017 2.32%
Jun 30, 2017 -11.81%
Mar 31, 2017 6.18%
Dec 31, 2016 2.98%
Sep 30, 2016 7.45%
Jun 30, 2016 9.56%
Mar 31, 2016 9.36%
Dec 31, 2015 2.99%
Sep 30, 2015 -0.56%
Jun 30, 2015 6.57%
Mar 31, 2015 4.96%
Dec 31, 2014 8.58%
Sep 30, 2014 11.16%
Jun 30, 2014 9.26%
Mar 31, 2014 1.40%
Dec 31, 2013 2.51%
Sep 30, 2013 6.94%
Jun 30, 2013 2.71%
Mar 31, 2013 1.24%
Dec 31, 2012 3.12%
Sep 30, 2012 6.32%
Jun 30, 2012 2.51%
Mar 31, 2012 -2.18%
Dec 31, 2011 2.42%
Sep 30, 2011 5.33%
Jun 30, 2011 6.58%
Mar 31, 2011 5.23%
Dec 31, 2010 6.60%
Sep 30, 2010 9.74%
Jun 30, 2010 8.74%
Mar 31, 2010 4.82%
Dec 31, 2009 7.38%
Sep 30, 2009 10.49%