Sensient Technologies (SXT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Sensient Technologies (SXT) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 35.03% for Q1 2026, up 144.0% year-over-year from 14.36% in Q1 2025, and up 11.75% quarter-over-quarter from 31.35% in Q4 2025.
Sensient Technologies (SXT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sensient Technologies (SXT) has reported Gross Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 35.03% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 35.03%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 33.84% (up 110.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 33.45%, up 89.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin improved to 35.03% in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 31.35% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 35.24% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 28.58% in Q4 2023.
- Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 33.02% across 5 years, with a median of 33.21% in 2024.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Gross Margin plunged 339 bps — and 2024, when it jumped 314 bps.
- Sensient Technologies' Gross Margin stood at 31.97% in 2022, then slipped by 11 bps to 28.58% in 2023, then increased by 11 bps to 31.72% in 2024, then fell by 1 bps to 31.35% in 2025, then gained by 12 bps to 35.03% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SXT's Gross Margin at 35.03% in Q1 2026, 31.35% in Q4 2025, and 34.3% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 37.40% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.03% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 34.30% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 34.48% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 33.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 31.72% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 33.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 32.40% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 32.90% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 28.58% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 31.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 32.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 33.78% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 31.97% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 33.72% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 35.24% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 35.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 33.01% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 33.42% |