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

Sensient Technologies' (SXT) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 35.03% in Q1 2026, up 144.0% year-on-year from 14.36% in Q1 2025, and up 11.75% on a QoQ basis 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 35.03% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 33.84%, a 110.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 33.45%, up 89.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 35.03%, up from 31.35% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for SXT reached as high as 35.24% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 28.58% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 33.02% across 5 years, with a median of 33.21% in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin slumped 339 bps in 2023 and surged 314 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 31.97% in 2022, then declined by 11 bps to 28.58% in 2023, then gained by 11 bps to 31.72% in 2024, then decreased by 1 bps to 31.35% in 2025, then climbed by 12 bps to 35.03% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Gross Margin figures were 35.03% in Q1 2026, 31.35% in Q4 2025, and 34.3% in Q3 2025.

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10 Sensient Technologies 5.37 Bn 5.33 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%