Methanex vs Sensient Technologies
MEOH and SXT side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MEOH and SXT compare
Sensient Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.5% versus −3.5% for Methanex).
Sensient Technologies pays a dividend yielding 1.0%; Methanex does not pay one.
Sensient Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 4 for Methanex), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MEOH | SXT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $5.1B |
| Share price | $69.04 | $118.81 |
| Change, 1 year | 86.0% | 27.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 59.9% | 15.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.70 | 0.83 |
| Employees | – | 4,070 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 29.9× |
| P/S | – | 2.9× |
| P/B | – | 3.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 18.3× |
| FCF yield | – | −0.35% |
| Fair value | – | $95.56 |
| Margin of safety | – | −24.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −3.5% | 9.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.3% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 21.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −61.1% | 21.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 4.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 35.7% (better) | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 14.5% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 9.7% |
| FCF margin | 25.5% (better) | −1.0% |
| Return on equity | – | 13.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | 10.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.13 | 0.61 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.65 | 2.36 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.0× | 8.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.06 | 3.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 5.16 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 1.0% |
| Payout ratio | – | 41.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.4% (better) | 1.0% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 1.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 76.2% | 99.0% |
| Held by insiders | 15.3% | 26.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$234M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | 3.1% |
Go deeper
- MEOH stock overview
- MEOH income statement
- MEOH valuation and score
- SXT stock overview
- SXT income statement
- SXT valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.