Sensient Technologies (SXT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Sensient Technologies (SXT) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.41 for Q1 2026, up 38.83% year-over-year from 0.3 in Q1 2025, and down 130.57% quarter-over-quarter from 1.35 in Q4 2025.
Sensient Technologies (SXT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sensient Technologies (SXT) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.41 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 38.83% year-over-year to 0.41; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.18 (up 211.49% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 1.81, up 155.73% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio retreated to 0.41 in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 1.35 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 4.36 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 10.01 in Q4 2024.
- Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.04 across 5 years, with a median of 0.41 in 2023.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio soared 1195.17% — and 2024, when it tumbled 2570.19%.
- Sensient Technologies' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.57 in 2022, then surged by 171.62% to 0.41 in 2023, then sank by 2570.19% to 10.01 in 2024, then jumped by 113.44% to 1.35 in 2025, then slumped by 130.57% to 0.41 in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SXT's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.41 in Q1 2026, 1.35 in Q4 2025, and 0.72 in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.80 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.41 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.35 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.72 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.64 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.67 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -10.01 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.27 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.54 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.22 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.53 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.54 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.68 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.57 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.64 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.36 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.26 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.92 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.11 |