Sensient Technologies (SXT) stock: analyst price target and their real reliability

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Sensient Technologies · Materials · ref. ETF XLB · 29 calls · price $133.64

What the company does: Sensient Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets colors, flavors, and other specialty ingredients worldwide.

📈 Sensient Technologies (SXT) stock price

$133.64+16.4% over range

Aug 28, 25low $82.96 · high $137.45Aug 27, 26

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Buy

67% recommend buying · 3 analysts

📊 JPI status : Sensient Technologies has never appeared in a JPI ranking (Fair or Risk +) — our methods haven't picked it to date. See the selected stocks →

🎯 SXT price target & analyst consensus — price $134

The price target · all analysts combined (3 targets)

Highest target · 1 firm of 3$155+16.0%

Median target · of 3 targets$140+4.8%

Lowest target · 1 firm of 3$125-6.5%

Current price$133.64

⭐ What the most reliable analysts say · those who beat their sector, targets replayed on real prices

⭐ The most reliable of them, either direction: Baird — 63% of its targets hit on this sector (32 calls tested). It aims for $140 (+4.8 %), call made on July 28, 2026, maturing on July 28, 2027 (31 d ago).

The 1 reliable analyst $140+4.8 %

The 2 other firms $140+4.8 %

How to read it: the 1 reliable firms are not filtered by optimism — 1 aim above the price, 0 below, hence their $140 median. “The 2 others” are the firms that don't pass our reliability filter on this sector.

The consensus · 3 ratings (last 6 months)

Strong Buy00%

Buy267%

Hold133%

Sell00%

Strong Sell00%

Go deeper on the analysts

🎯 SXT price target all

All 29 calls, one by one, with our verdict on each firm.

→ See all 29 targets, analyst by analyst

💡 The best analysts on SXT most reliable

Their real reliability on SXT, firm by firm: who was right, who was wrong.

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All analysts (the consensus) · vs · the best (those who've been right)

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🔎 Detailed analyses

📊 Returns & performance

✅ Historical analyst reliability on SXT

Hit rate measured on targets already matured (12 months), replayed against real prices. Click a header to sort.

Firm ↕	% right i ↕	Gain vs sector i ↕	Calls i ↕
Baird ↗	100%	+31.9%	5
Gabelli & Co.	50%	+14.7%	2
Keybanc ↗	50%	+13.0%	4

📊 What $1,000 invested in Sensient Technologies would be worth › open the full page

In short — $1,000 invested in Sensient Technologies 10 years ago would be worth $1,975 today, i.e. +7%/yr on average. Best year: 2020 (+58%), worst: 2019 (-24%). Price performance, excluding dividends.

If I'd invested $1,000 in Sensient Technologies

Investment	Worth today	Gain
1 years ago	$1,636	+64%
3 years ago	$1,506	+51%
5 years ago	$1,458	+46%

→ See Sensient Technologies's full return history + gain calculator

Return by year (Sensient Technologies)

Year	Return	$1,000 invested at year start
2026 (YTD)	+12%	$1,118 (+12%)
2025	+46%	$1,636 (+64%)
2024	+4%	$1,698 (+70%)

→ See Sensient Technologies's full return history + gain calculator

⚠️ Past performance, not predictive nor advice. Prices in $, excluding dividends. Yahoo Finance data.

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📋 All analyst calls on SXT

UBS ↗

Jul 27, 26

▲ Buy · 🎯$155

Price at call : $124.57 — upside +24%

Today : $133.64 — upside +16%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 41.4% · -7.5% (58 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Jul 27, 27

Baird ↗

Jul 27, 26

▲ Outperform · 🎯$140

Price at call : $124.93 — upside +12%

Today : $133.64 — upside +5%

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Jul 27, 27

Rothschild & Co

Jul 8, 26

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy · 🎯$125

Price at call : $119.25 — gap to target +5%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -6%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 unranked overall

in progress (365j)
matures : Jul 8, 27

UBS ↗

Apr 28, 26

▲ Buy · 🎯$143

Price at call : $120.54 — upside +19%

Today : $133.64 — upside +7%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 41.4% · -7.5% (58 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Apr 28, 27

UBS ↗

Apr 1, 26

▲ Buy · 🎯$115

Price at call : $91.55 — upside +26%

Today : $133.64 — upside -14%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 41.4% · -7.5% (58 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Apr 1, 27

Baird ↗

Jul 3, 25

▲ Outperform · 🎯$125

Price at call : $107.9 — upside +16%

Today : $133.64 — upside -6%

Expected +16% · Actual +15% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

+15.3%

stock +15% · XLB +14%

matured Jul 3, 26

CJS Securities

Jun 10, 25

■ Market Perform neutral · not a buy · 🎯$95

Price at call : $95.12 — gap to target -0%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -29%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 overall : 47.1% · +4.9% (17 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Jun 10, 26

Baird ↗

Apr 28, 25

▲ Outperform · 🎯$93

Price at call : $90.07 — upside +3%

Today : $133.64 — upside -30%

Expected +3% · Actual +37% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

+36.6%

stock +37% · XLB +24%

matured Apr 28, 26

See the other 21 calls, newest to oldest

Baird ↗

Jul 29, 24

▲ Outperform · 🎯$85

Price at call : $78.3 — upside +9%

Today : $133.64 — upside -36%

Expected +9% · Actual +42% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

+42.3%

stock +42% · XLB -1%

matured Jul 29, 25

Baird ↗

Apr 29, 24

▲ Outperform · 🎯$80

Price at call : $72.68 — upside +10%

Today : $133.64 — upside -40%

Expected +10% · Actual +30% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

+29.8%

stock +30% · XLB -8%

matured Apr 29, 25

Baird ↗

Oct 17, 23

▲ Outperform · 🎯$70

Price at call : $58.16 — upside +20%

Today : $133.64 — upside -48%

Expected +20% · Actual +36% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

+35.7%

stock +36% · XLB +23%

matured Oct 16, 24

Baird ↗

Oct 24, 22

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy · 🎯$70

Price at call : $65.19 — gap to target +7%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -48%

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Oct 24, 23

Baird ↗

May 27, 21

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy · 🎯$90

Price at call : $86.67 — gap to target +4%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -33%

🎯 on SXT : 100% (5 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 46.9% · -7.8% (32 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : May 27, 22

Stephens & Co. ↗

Jul 10, 20

▲ Overweight · 🎯$70

Price at call : $53.15 — upside +32%

Today : $133.64 — upside -48%

Expected +32% · Actual +63% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 100% (1 call matured) · 📊 on Materials : 75% · +1.6% (4 calls)

+62.7%

stock +63% · XLB +44%

matured Jul 10, 21

Sidoti & Co.

Feb 18, 20

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy · 🎯$61

Price at call : $54.85 — gap to target +11%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -54%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 33.3% · -2.4% (6 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Feb 17, 21

Seaport Global ↗

Oct 21, 19

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 47.8% · +11.3% (23 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Oct 20, 20

Keybanc ↗

Feb 19, 19

■ Sector Weight neutral · not a buy · 🎯$65

Price at call : $63.34 — gap to target +3%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -51%

🎯 on SXT : 50% (4 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 44.1% · -2.6% (152 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Feb 19, 20

Exane BNP Paribas

Jan 11, 19

▲ Outperform · 🎯$74

Price at call : $60.19 — upside +23%

Today : $133.64 — upside -45%

Expected +23% · Actual +6% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 100% (1 call matured) · 📊 unranked overall

+6.5%

stock +6% · XLB +15%

matured Jan 11, 20

Keybanc ↗

Oct 22, 18

▲ Overweight · 🎯$73

Price at call : $64.21 — upside +14%

Today : $133.64 — upside -45%

Expected +14% · Actual -4% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 50% (4 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 44.1% · -2.6% (152 calls)

-3.7%

stock -4% · XLB +10%

matured Oct 22, 19

Gabelli & Co.

Feb 12, 18

▲ Buy

Actual -10% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 50% (2 calls matureds) · 📊 unranked overall

-9.6%

stock -10% · XLB -9%

matured Feb 12, 19

Berenberg ↗

Sep 22, 17

▲ Buy · 🎯$88.3

Price at call : $76.8 — upside +15%

Today : $133.64 — upside -34%

Expected +15% · Actual -0% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 0% (1 call matured) · 📊 unranked overall

-0.3%

stock -0% · XLB +6%

matured Sep 22, 18

Keybanc ↗

Feb 9, 16

▲ Overweight · 🎯$66

Price at call : $54.97 — upside +20%

Today : $133.64 — upside -51%

Expected +20% · Actual +40% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 50% (4 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 44.1% · -2.6% (152 calls)

+40.1%

stock +40% · XLB +30%

matured Feb 8, 17

Gabelli & Co.

Feb 8, 16

▲ Buy

Actual +39% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 50% (2 calls matureds) · 📊 unranked overall

+38.9%

stock +39% · XLB +30%

matured Feb 7, 17

Keybanc ↗

Apr 14, 15

▲ Overweight · 🎯$73

Price at call : $68.93 — upside +6%

Today : $133.64 — upside -45%

Expected +6% · Actual -4% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 50% (4 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 44.1% · -2.6% (152 calls)

-4.2%

stock -4% · XLB -8%

matured Apr 13, 16

BB&T Capital

Mar 31, 15

▲ Buy · 🎯$81

Price at call : $68.16 — upside +19%

Today : $133.64 — upside -39%

Expected +19% · Actual -7% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 0% (1 call matured) · 📊 unranked overall

-6.9%

stock -7% · XLB -8%

matured Mar 30, 16

Gabelli & Co.

Feb 9, 15

■ Hold neutral · not a buy

🎯 on SXT : 50% (2 calls matureds) · 📊 unranked overall

in progress (365j)
matures : Feb 9, 16

Piper Sandler ↗

Jan 15, 15

▲ Overweight · 🎯$70

Price at call : $58.7 — upside +19%

Today : $133.64 — upside -48%

Expected +19% · Actual -4% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✗ No

🎯 on SXT : 0% (1 call matured) · 📊 on Materials : 41.7% · -6.0% (24 calls)

-3.5%

stock -4% · XLB -19%

matured Jan 15, 16

Keybanc ↗

Jan 9, 14

▲ Buy · 🎯$56

Price at call : $49.09 — upside +14%

Today : $133.64 — upside -58%

Expected +14% · Actual +20% · Reason (≥ +15%) : ✓ Yes

🎯 on SXT : 50% (4 calls matureds) · 📊 on Materials : 44.1% · -2.6% (152 calls)

+19.9%

stock +20% · XLB +6%

matured Jan 9, 15

Sidoti & Co.

Jul 10, 13

■ Neutral neutral · not a buy · 🎯$47

Price at call : $43.87 — gap to target +7%

Today : $133.64 — gap to target -65%

🎯 on SXT : no call matured yet · 📊 on Materials : 33.3% · -2.4% (6 calls)

in progress (365j)
matures : Jul 10, 14

Frequently asked questions

Should I buy Sensient Technologies stock?

This isn't buy advice. For Sensient Technologies, the analyst consensus is "Buy", with an average price target of $140 (+5% vs the current price). What matters is their past reliability on this stock: the most reliable one is right 100% of the time (5 calls tracked on Sensient Technologies). We show the numbers — you decide.

Is it too late to buy Sensient Technologies? How high can it go?

The most bullish analyst target on Sensient Technologies is $155 (+16% above today's price); the average is $140. That's the upside they see. Check how reliable those analysts have actually been on Sensient Technologies on our site before trusting it.

Is Sensient Technologies still a good buy?

The most useful "opinion" isn't an opinion — it's a track record: 3 analysts have a real record on Sensient Technologies, the best hitting 100% over 5 calls. Current consensus: "Buy". Make your call on data, not noise.

What has Sensient Technologies's past performance been?

Historical returns and a "how much if I had invested" calculator: SXT performance & returns.