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Sensient Technologies Corp Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 05 Nov 2025.
Sensient Technologies Corp: what insiders have been doing
Every trade that managers of Sensient Technologies Corp disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Chemicals & Materials sector and is based in U.S. Bank Center, United States. It was founded in 1882. The last twelve months, up to 18 October 2026, brought 42 filings signed by 18 insiders.
Purchases and sales both appear in the filings: 2 purchases (2 insiders, €253k) and 4 sales (4 insiders, €199.2M). Sales outweigh purchases by €198.9M. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. The largest single trade was a sale of €199.0M by Winder Pte. Ltd., published on 1 May 2026, equal to 4.8% of the market capitalisation. On the buying side, the filings list 2 senior executives among the declarants.
In all, 1 purchase was made within 30 days of a purchase by another insider of the company. When several insiders buy within a few weeks of each other, analysts speak of a cluster purchase. The last insider purchase was made public on 5 November 2025, 347 days ago. Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. Keep in mind that insiders sell for many reasons unrelated to the outlook, from tax bills to estate planning.
Compared with its exchange (5,816 companies, median 19 filings), a count of 42 filings is above the norm. Our records for Sensient Technologies Corp go back to 2016, with 77 purchases and 15 sales on the open market in total. The 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 shows 1.61 bn USD of revenue and 134.5 m USD of net income and a dividend of 1.64 USD per share.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Culp Inc. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
256
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€105M
77 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€611M
15 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleMario Ferruzzi2 sales
David J. Plautz1 buy
Essie Whitelaw1 sale
Joseph Carleone1 buy
Michael C. Geraghty1 sale
Paul Manning1 buy
+3 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- +2.3%Entry US$91.98 · Close at T+90 US$94.13
- +4.1%Entry US$91.28 · Close at T+90 US$94.98
- +15.5%Entry US$115.55 · Close at T+365 US$133.47
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Sensient Technologies Corp Buy (bullish), based on 5 analysts. Average price target: US$144.40.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 14,231 of 24,148 companies
46.3
score / 100
Value36
Quality57
FCF yld0.7%
Earn yld2.4%
EV/EBITDA23.8x
ROE13%
Gross mgn33%
Net mgn8.3%
Debt/EBITDA2.6x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$133.42
Analyst consensus
5 analystsBuy
US$133.00Target US$144.40(+8%)US$157.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$1.6B
Gross profitUS$539.3M33% margin
EBITDAUS$268.2M17% margin
Net incomeUS$134.5M9.3% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)36.0x
PER (forward)26.7x
P/Book4.5x
Beta0.83
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$5.7B
Total debtUS$709.6M
Free Cash FlowUS$38.4M
Debt / Equity61%
Profitability & ownership
ROE13.1%
ROA6.8%
% insiders1.3%
% institutions101.5%
Last declaration on 6 August 2026
Declarations256 total
1,200 shares@ US$129.47670.0028% mcap40.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000050:0
2,127,566 shares@ US$109.694.77% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001231919-26-000437:0
200 shares@ US$114.57580.0005% mcap16.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000040:0
674 shares@ US$99.230.0012% mcap19.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000028:1
674 shares@ US$99.230.0012% mcap17.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000034:1
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000034:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000033:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000038:0
283 shares@ US$99.230.0005% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000036:1
674 shares@ US$99.230.0012% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000038:1
674 shares@ US$99.230.0012% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000029:1
674 shares@ US$99.230.0012% mcap100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000033:1
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000036:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000035:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000032:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000029:0
1,119 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000028:0
373 shares@ US$100.5827.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000023:0
133 shares@ US$100.5874.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000310142-26-000022:0
4,016 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000014:0
4,924 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000020:0
1,293 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000018:0
3,388 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000016:0
30,027 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000012:0
1,502 shares0Common StockSEC:0000310142-26-000010:0
25 of 256 declarations
About Sensient Technologies Corp
Sensient Technologies Corp. (NYSE: SXT) is a U.S.-listed industrial specialty-ingredients company traded on the NYSE in the United States. It is focused on high-value solutions rather than commodity inputs, serving food and beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and personal-care customers. For French-speaking investors, the appeal lies in its exposure to relatively resilient end markets, where demand is driven by formulation expertise, product differentiation, and the shift toward natural and premium ingredients.
The company has a long industrial heritage. Its roots date back to 1882, when it began as Meadow Springs Distillery. Over time, the business evolved from distilling into yeast and then into a more diversified food company under the Universal Foods name, before adopting the Sensient Technologies name in 2000 to better reflect its focus on specialty ingredients and technology-enabled solutions. The company is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which underscores its U.S. manufacturing base and long-standing Midwestern industrial identity.
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Operationally, Sensient is organized around three core reporting areas: Flavors & Extracts, Color, and Asia Pacific. Flavors & Extracts includes beverage flavors, savory and sweet flavors, extracts, natural ingredients, and bio-nutrition solutions. The Color segment supplies food colors, industrial colors, pharmaceutical colors, and cosmetics colors. The Asia Pacific segment serves customers across the region and gives Sensient a broader geographic platform in one of the most important long-term growth markets for specialty ingredients. This structure allows the group to balance end-market exposure while participating in the global premiumization of food, health, and beauty products.
Sensient’s competitive position is built on application know-how, proprietary technologies, customized formulation capabilities, and a global supply chain. That combination is important because many of its customers are global consumer and industrial brands that require consistent quality, regulatory compliance, and tailored performance. In practice, Sensient competes less as a pure raw-material supplier and more as a solutions partner that helps customers design differentiated products. One strategic theme in recent years has been the rising importance of natural colors and other specialty formulations that fit evolving consumer preferences.
Recent company updates for 2024 and 2025 showed revenue and operating income growth, with particularly strong momentum in the Color business and improving performance in Flavors & Extracts and Asia Pacific. Sensient has also been executing a Portfolio Optimization Plan, indicating ongoing efforts to improve efficiency, refine the portfolio, and support margin quality. For investors, the company remains a notable specialty-ingredients and chemicals name with a mix of defensive consumer exposure, technology-driven product content, and global reach.
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