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

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

• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 15.31%, up 167.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.05% (down 946.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.31%, down 999.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin climbed to 15.31% in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from 33.46% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 15.31% in Q1 2026 and troughed at 33.46% in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 9.96% and a median of 13.15% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Margin surged 885 bps in 2024, then slumped 4462 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 11.82% in 2022, then tumbled by 80 bps to 2.31% in 2023, then jumped by 383 bps to 11.16% in 2024, then slumped by 400 bps to 33.46% in 2025, then surged by 146 bps to 15.31% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SXT's Operating Margin at 15.31% in Q1 2026, 33.46% in Q4 2025, and 14.0% in Q3 2025.