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

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has reported Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 16.6% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 267.0% year-over-year to 16.6% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 14.05%, a 112.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 12.85%, up 55.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 16.6% for Q2 2026 at Sensient Technologies, up from 15.31% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.6% in Q2 2026 and troughed at 2.31% in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 12.73% and a median of 13.4% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 951 bps in 2023 and jumped 885 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 11.82% in 2022, then plunged by 80 bps to 2.31% in 2023, then soared by 383 bps to 11.16% in 2024, then decreased by 13 bps to 9.71% in 2025, then jumped by 71 bps to 16.6% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 16.6% (Q2 2026), 15.31% (Q1 2026), and 9.71% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.