Sensient Technologies (SXT) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026)

Sensient Technologies' (SXT) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.05% in Q1 2026, up 2.0% year-on-year from 0.05% in Q1 2025, and up 32.41% on a QoQ basis from 0.04% in Q4 2025.

Sensient Technologies (SXT) Return on Invested Capital (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sensient Technologies (SXT) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.05% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 2.0% year-over-year to 0.05% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.05%, a 2.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 5.94%, down 335.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.05%, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for SXT reached as high as 0.05% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.02% in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.02% across 5 years, with a median of 0.02% in 2024.
  • On a YoY basis, Return on Invested Capital climbed as much as 3 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 3 bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2022, then declined by 24 bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 50 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then soared by 56 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then soared by 32 bps to 0.05% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Invested Capital figures were 0.05% in Q1 2026, 0.04% in Q4 2025, and 0.03% in Q3 2025.

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10 Sensient Technologies 5.37 Bn 5.33 Bn 152.69 Mn 0.05%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.05%
Dec 31, 2025 0.04%
Sep 30, 2025 0.03%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.02%
Dec 31, 2023 0.02%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.02%
Mar 31, 2023 0.02%
Dec 31, 2022 0.02%
Sep 30, 2022 0.02%
Jun 30, 2022 0.03%
Mar 31, 2022 0.05%
Dec 31, 2021 0.05%
Sep 30, 2021 0.04%
Jun 30, 2021 0.03%