Growth Metrics

Sensient Technologies (SXT) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Sensient Technologies (SXT) reported Retained Earnings of -$173.6 million for Q1 2026, down 109.65% year-over-year from $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1.95% on a QoQ basis from -$170.3 million in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at -$173.6 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 109.65% year-over-year to -$173.6 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$173.6 million (down 109.65% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$170.3 million, up 24.95% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings retreated to -$173.6 million in Q1 2026 per SXT's latest filing, from -$170.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $1.8 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at -$226.8 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $1.7 billion (2022), against an average of $833.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings soared 1172.34%; it then sank 113.14% in 2024.
  • Tracing SXT's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then grew by 1.42% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then slumped by 113.14% to -$226.8 million in 2024, then increased by 24.95% to -$170.3 million in 2025, then retreated by 1.95% to -$173.6 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SXT Retained Earnings figures stand at -$173.6 million (Q1 2026), -$170.3 million (Q4 2025), and -$173.8 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 17.64 Bn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 1.37 Bn
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 12.83 Bn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn -2.06 Bn
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 23.17 Bn
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 6.71 Bn
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn -259.11 Mn
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn -24.20 Bn
10 Sensient Technologies 4.73 Bn 4.69 Bn 152.69 Mn -173.58 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -173.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -170.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -173.84 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.82 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -226.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -192.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 1.75 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -175.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.73 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.75 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -177.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 1.72 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.70 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.69 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.67 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -174.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -171.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -155.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 1.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -204.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -207.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -163.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 -181.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -163.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 1.53 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -165.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 1.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 400,000.00
Dec 31, 2017 1.41 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 -148.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -160.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 1.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -213.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -178.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 1.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 -127.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 -146.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -85.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 -45.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 11.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 6.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 1.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 -30.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 -22.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 1.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 -28.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -46.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 1.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 1.07 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 1.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 16.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 991.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 975.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 955.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -1.29 Mn