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% quarter-over-quarter from 31.35% in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 35.03%, up 144.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 33.84% (up 110.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 33.45%, up 89.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin grew to 35.03% in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 31.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 35.24% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 28.58% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 33.02% and a median of 33.21% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Gross Margin plunged 339 bps in 2023, then jumped 314 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 31.97% in 2022, then decreased by 11 bps to 28.58% in 2023, then grew by 11 bps to 31.72% in 2024, then declined by 1 bps to 31.35% in 2025, then rose 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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10 Sensient Technologies 4.77 Bn 4.73 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%