Growth Metrics

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

Sensient Technologies (SXT) reported Gross Margin of 35.03% for Q1 2026, up 144.0% year-over-year from 14.36% in Q1 2025, and up 11.75% on a QoQ basis from 31.35% in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 35.03% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 35.03% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 33.84% (up 110.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 33.45%, up 89.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin advanced 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.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 33.21% (2024), against an average of 33.02%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin slumped 339 bps; it then surged 314 bps in 2024.
  • Tracing SXT's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 31.97% in 2022, then fell by 11 bps to 28.58% in 2023, then advanced by 11 bps to 31.72% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 31.35% in 2025, then grew by 12 bps to 35.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SXT Gross Margin figures stand at 35.03% (Q1 2026), 31.35% (Q4 2025), and 34.3% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 48.49%
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 44.24%
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 49.07%
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 44.03%
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 31.13%
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 42.11%
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 9.74%
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 35.06%
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 35.81%
10 Sensient Technologies 4.73 Bn 4.69 Bn 152.69 Mn 35.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 30, 2021 33.23%
Mar 31, 2021 32.14%
Dec 31, 2020 31.07%
Sep 30, 2020 32.65%
Jun 30, 2020 31.64%
Mar 31, 2020 31.91%
Dec 31, 2019 26.83%
Sep 30, 2019 32.24%
Jun 30, 2019 32.95%
Mar 31, 2019 33.16%
Dec 31, 2018 32.66%
Sep 30, 2018 33.72%
Jun 30, 2018 33.46%
Mar 31, 2018 34.52%
Dec 31, 2017 34.23%
Sep 30, 2017 34.72%
Jun 30, 2017 35.22%
Mar 31, 2017 35.43%
Dec 31, 2016 34.09%
Sep 30, 2016 35.05%
Jun 30, 2016 34.48%
Mar 31, 2016 33.83%
Dec 31, 2015 31.27%
Sep 30, 2015 32.73%
Jun 30, 2015 34.15%
Mar 31, 2015 33.92%
Dec 31, 2014 32.99%
Sep 30, 2014 33.33%
Jun 30, 2014 34.66%
Mar 31, 2014 33.91%
Dec 31, 2013 33.11%
Sep 30, 2013 32.34%
Jun 30, 2013 32.34%
Mar 31, 2013 32.04%
Dec 31, 2012 31.29%
Sep 30, 2012 31.84%
Jun 30, 2012 32.62%
Mar 31, 2012 31.54%
Dec 31, 2011 31.77%
Sep 30, 2011 31.52%
Jun 30, 2011 31.60%
Mar 31, 2011 30.80%
Dec 31, 2010 30.12%
Sep 30, 2010 31.18%
Jun 30, 2010 31.43%
Mar 31, 2010 30.23%
Dec 31, 2009 30.42%
Sep 30, 2009 30.70%
Jun 30, 2009 31.15%