SXT — SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP

US Materials Specialty chemicals equity mkt cap 5.7B
134.56 +1.49% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 82.96 · high 134.56

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Performance

1 day+1.49%
1 week+0.82%
1 month+14.98%
3 months+18.98%
6 months+48.73%
Year to date+44.01%
1 year+18.42%
3 years+132.08%
5 years+51.41%

Technicals

RSI 1467.1
vs 50-day avg+10.02%
vs 200-day avg+28.41%
Volatility 1y40.6%
Max drawdown 1y-27.74%
Avg volume 30d491.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.22%
Paid last 12m1.6400
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-02-04

Measured signals that fired on SXT

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-06Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-27Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-24Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-16Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-05Ferruzzi Mario
Director
Open-market sale1.2K129.48155.4K
2026-05-18Hoang Thierry
VP, Asia Pacific Group
Open-market sale400115.1946.1K
2026-05-04Hoang Thierry
VP, Asia Pacific Group
Open-market sale439114.1550.1K
2026-04-30Winder Investment Anstalt
10% owner
Open-market sale2.1M109.69233.4M
2026-04-30Haldor Foundation
10% owner
Open-market sale2.1M109.69233.4M
2026-04-30Winder Anstalt
10% owner
Open-market sale2.1M109.69233.4M
2026-04-30Winder Pte. Ltd.
10% owner
Open-market sale2.1M109.69233.4M
2026-04-30Morris Steven B
President, Color Group
Open-market sale200114.5822.9K
2026-04-23Ferruzzi Mario
Director
Shares withheld for tax67499.2366.9K
2026-04-23Jackson Carol R
Director
Shares withheld for tax67499.2366.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Freemont Capital Pte Ltd545.0M6.3M
BlackRock, Inc.543.0M6.3M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC237.2M2.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC165.4M1.9M
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC164.7M1.9M
STATE STREET CORP140.6M1.6M
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC101.8M1.2M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP90.5M1.0M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC90.1M1.0M
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.78.0M901.8K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-062026-08-05on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-08-042026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-242026-07-24on EDGAR ↗
32026-07-012026-07-01on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-012026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-012026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-06-232026-06-18on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d53.3% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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