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Sensient Technologies vs Westlake: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Sensient Technologies brought in $1.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Westlake $11.2B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +3.5% at Sensient Technologies and -8.0% at Westlake on the year before, so Sensient Technologies grew faster. Sensient Technologies kept 8.3% of its revenue as net profit, Westlake -13.5%. Free cash flow was $38.4M at Sensient Technologies and -$530M at Westlake.

Side by side, latest fiscal year

SXTWLK
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$1.6B$11.2B
Revenue growth+3.5%-8.0%
Net income$134.5M-$1.5B
Net margin8.3%-13.5%
Free cash flow$38.4M-$530M
Free cash flow margin2.4%-4.7%
Earnings per share (diluted)$3.16-$11.70
Cash$36.5M$2.7B
Debt$709.2M$5.6B
Price to earnings40.9n/a
Market value$5.5B$8.7B
Dividend yield1.27%3.12%
Rank by revenue in sector#239 of 451 · Industrials#58 of 451 · Industrials

Over the years

Revenue
SXT FY2018: $1.4BSXT FY2019: $1.3BSXT FY2020: $1.3BSXT FY2021: $1.4BSXT FY2022: $1.4BSXT FY2023: $1.5BSXT FY2024: $1.6BSXT FY2025: $1.6BWLK FY2018: $8.6BWLK FY2019: $8.1BWLK FY2020: $7.5BWLK FY2021: $11.8BWLK FY2022: $15.8BWLK FY2023: $12.5BWLK FY2024: $12.1BWLK FY2025: $11.2BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
SXT $1.6BWLK $11.2B
Net income
SXT FY2018: $157.4MSXT FY2019: $82MSXT FY2020: $109.5MSXT FY2021: $118.7MSXT FY2022: $140.9MSXT FY2023: $93.4MSXT FY2024: $124.7MSXT FY2025: $134.5MWLK FY2018: $996MWLK FY2019: $421MWLK FY2020: $330MWLK FY2021: $2BWLK FY2022: $2.2BWLK FY2023: $479MWLK FY2024: $602MWLK FY2025: -$1.5BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
SXT $134.5MWLK -$1.5B
Net margin
SXT FY2018: 11.3%SXT FY2019: 6.2%SXT FY2020: 8.2%SXT FY2021: 8.6%SXT FY2022: 9.8%SXT FY2023: 6.4%SXT FY2024: 8.0%SXT FY2025: 8.3%WLK FY2018: 11.5%WLK FY2019: 5.2%WLK FY2020: 4.4%WLK FY2021: 17.1%WLK FY2022: 14.2%WLK FY2023: 3.8%WLK FY2024: 5.0%WLK FY2025: -13.5%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
SXT 8.3%WLK -13.5%
Revenue growth
SXT FY2019: -4.6%SXT FY2020: +0.7%SXT FY2021: +3.6%SXT FY2022: +4.1%SXT FY2023: +1.4%SXT FY2024: +6.9%SXT FY2025: +3.5%WLK FY2019: -6.0%WLK FY2020: -7.6%WLK FY2021: +57.0%WLK FY2022: +34.1%WLK FY2023: -20.6%WLK FY2024: -3.2%WLK FY2025: -8.0%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
SXT +3.5%WLK -8.0%
Free cash flow
SXT FY2018: $32.8MSXT FY2019: $138.1MSXT FY2020: $166.6MSXT FY2021: $84.4MSXT FY2022: -$67.3MSXT FY2023: $81.8MSXT FY2024: $97.9MSXT FY2025: $38.4MWLK FY2018: $707MWLK FY2019: $514MWLK FY2020: $772MWLK FY2021: $1.7BWLK FY2022: $2.3BWLK FY2023: $1.3BWLK FY2024: $306MWLK FY2025: -$530MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
SXT $38.4MWLK -$530M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Sensient Technologies and Westlake

Which is bigger by revenue, Sensient Technologies or Westlake?

Westlake is bigger by revenue: $11.2B in fiscal 2025, against $1.6B for Sensient Technologies in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Sensient Technologies or Westlake?

Sensient Technologies had a net margin of 8.3% in fiscal 2025; Westlake had -13.5% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Sensient Technologies or Westlake?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +3.5% at Sensient Technologies and -8.0% at Westlake.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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