Sensient Technologies Corporati — Earnings Quality Grade F
SXT · Basic Materials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 69 days, change +1 days YoY
AR growth 5.3% vs revenue growth 3.5%
Revenue 3.5%, CFFO -18.7%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 13.0% vs COGS 2.2%. Normal
CapEx growth 51.0% is >2x revenue growth 3.5%
SG&A/Gross Profit = 61.6%. Normal
Gross margin 33.5%, change +0.9pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 0.95. Profits backed by cash
FCF $0.0B, FCF/NI = 0.29
Accruals ratio = 0.3%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 5% of debt $0.7B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.4B = 38% of equity
Debt/EBITDA = 2.6x. Healthy
Other assets 6.3% vs revenue 3.5%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 6% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -2.43 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25