Sensient Technologies PE ratio SXT

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 35.8×
10-year median: 29.8×
Against its 10-year history: 86th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.6× to 49.5×
Peer median: 17.9×

Sensient Technologies' PE ratio is 35.8× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $132.65 against $3.71 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 29.8×, higher than on 86% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.6× in Dec 2018 to 49.5× in Feb 2021.

The median for 10 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 17.9×.

PE ratio over time

median 29.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	35.8×	26.3×	39.0×
2025	29.4×	23.5×	37.5×
2024	34.5×	19.8×	38.5×
2023	21.6×	16.9×	23.8×
2022	22.1×	20.7×	34.7×
2021	36.4×	29.0×	49.5×
2020	46.4×	17.9×	47.2×
2019	21.0×	17.2×	21.0×
2018	17.2×	16.6×	36.8×
2017	30.2×	28.1×	34.4×
2016	30.9×	22.5×	32.7×
2015	26.2×	25.4×	45.5×
2014	40.5×	21.3×	40.5×
2013	21.5×	14.6×	23.1×
2012	14.3×	13.6×	17.3×
2011	16.1×	13.8×	17.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Sensient Technologies' size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
SXTSensient Technologies	35.8×
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems	21.1×
NEUNewmarket	18.7×
CLXClorox	17.9×
RPMRPM International	18.3×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	n/m
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	82.6×
REXREX AMERICAN RESOURCES	10.9×
PPGPPG Industries	15.8×
GPREGreen Plains	8.8×
WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners	13.0×
Peer median	17.9×

Where Sensient Technologies ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.