Growth Metrics

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

Sensient Technologies (SXT) reported Operating Margin of 15.31% for Q1 2026, up 167.0% year-over-year from 5.73% in Q1 2025, and up 145.75% on a QoQ basis from 33.46% in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 15.31% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 167.0% year-over-year to 15.31% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.05% (down 946.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.31%, down 999.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin improved to 15.31% in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 33.46% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 15.31% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 33.46% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 13.15% (2022), against an average of 9.96%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Margin soared 885 bps; it then plunged 4462 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing SXT's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.82% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 2.31% in 2023, then surged by 383 bps to 11.16% in 2024, then plunged by 400 bps to 33.46% in 2025, then soared by 146 bps to 15.31% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SXT Operating Margin figures stand at 15.31% (Q1 2026), 33.46% (Q4 2025), and 14.0% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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10 Sensient Technologies 4.73 Bn 4.69 Bn 152.69 Mn 15.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 15.31%
Dec 31, 2025 -33.46%
Sep 30, 2025 14.00%
Jun 30, 2025 13.93%
Mar 31, 2025 13.64%
Dec 31, 2024 11.16%
Sep 30, 2024 12.87%
Jun 30, 2024 12.31%
Mar 31, 2024 12.84%
Dec 31, 2023 2.31%
Sep 30, 2023 12.24%
Jun 30, 2023 13.78%
Mar 31, 2023 13.78%
Dec 31, 2022 11.82%
Sep 30, 2022 13.15%
Jun 30, 2022 14.86%
Mar 31, 2022 14.85%
Dec 31, 2021 11.87%
Sep 30, 2021 13.64%
Jun 30, 2021 10.65%
Mar 31, 2021 13.04%
Dec 31, 2020 10.40%
Sep 30, 2020 12.72%
Jun 30, 2020 13.04%
Mar 31, 2020 9.86%
Dec 31, 2019 -4.54%
Sep 30, 2019 12.21%
Jun 30, 2019 13.97%
Mar 31, 2019 14.22%
Dec 31, 2018 13.94%
Sep 30, 2018 14.67%
Jun 30, 2018 14.37%
Mar 31, 2018 15.62%
Dec 31, 2017 14.41%
Sep 30, 2017 14.71%
Jun 30, 2017 13.11%
Mar 31, 2017 7.04%
Dec 31, 2016 13.10%
Sep 30, 2016 14.63%
Jun 30, 2016 12.10%
Mar 31, 2016 13.88%
Dec 31, 2015 9.32%
Sep 30, 2015 12.54%
Jun 30, 2015 13.02%
Mar 31, 2015 13.41%
Dec 31, 2014 10.57%
Sep 30, 2014 9.90%
Jun 30, 2014 13.32%
Mar 31, 2014 2.34%
Dec 31, 2013 11.11%
Sep 30, 2013 13.26%
Jun 30, 2013 12.85%
Mar 31, 2013 9.94%
Dec 31, 2012 11.80%
Sep 30, 2012 13.73%
Jun 30, 2012 14.76%
Mar 31, 2012 12.71%
Dec 31, 2011 12.62%
Sep 30, 2011 13.73%
Jun 30, 2011 14.41%
Mar 31, 2011 12.47%
Dec 31, 2010 12.09%
Sep 30, 2010 14.01%
Jun 30, 2010 14.12%
Mar 31, 2010 12.31%
Dec 31, 2009 8.46%
Sep 30, 2009 12.85%
Jun 30, 2009 14.23%