Seasonality
SXT seasonality — Sensient Technologies
Over the last 11 years, SXT's strongest month on average has been April (+7.8%) and its weakest October (-2.3%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.66% | -2.05% | 40% | +12.4% | -15.3% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.37% | +1.60% | 60% | +10.4% | -17.7% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.97% | +0.87% | 60% | +7.2% | -14.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +7.79% | +4.44% | 80% | +31.5% | -5.6% | 10 |
| May | +1.29% | +0.76% | 70% | +6.1% | -3.5% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.80% | +2.18% | 60% | +8.5% | -7.9% | 10 |
| Jul | -0.09% | +0.20% | 60% | +14.0% | -10.0% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.06% | -0.32% | 40% | +9.1% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.65% | +3.81% | 60% | +7.7% | -17.3% | 10 |
| Oct | -2.29% | -2.33% | 40% | +13.3% | -15.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.01% | +2.69% | 89% | +9.6% | -0.9% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.83% | -0.88% | 50% | +13.9% | -13.1% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SXT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 7.4 | -14.9 | 31.5 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 9.1 | -3.1 | -10.0 | 1.3 | +26.9% | |
| 2025 | 6.0 | -8.1 | 7.2 | 26.2 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 1.0 | -17.3 | 0.5 | 3.4 | -3.6 | +31.8% |
| 2024 | -6.0 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 | -4.5 | 5.2 | -0.3 | 3.1 | -5.9 | 2.9 | -8.2 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 1.6 | -2.7 | -3.3 | -1.2 | -10.0 | -3.8 | -5.1 | -3.5 | 2.7 | 13.9 | -9.5% |
| 2022 | -15.3 | -3.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 | -7.9 | 6.7 | -7.3 | -13.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 | -2.4 | -27.1% |
| 2021 | -4.4 | 10.4 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -0.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | +35.6% |
| 2020 | -9.6 | -17.7 | -11.5 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 13.3 | 9.6 | 2.9 | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 12.4 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.4 | -3.5 | 8.5 | -7.2 | -4.2 | 5.1 | -8.9 | 1.2 | 4.4 | +18.3% |
| 2018 | -1.8 | 0.1 | -1.9 | -5.6 | 0.9 | 6.4 | -3.1 | 2.4 | 7.7 | -15.2 | -0.9 | -13.1 | -23.6% |
| 2017 | -2.3 | 4.2 | -0.8 | 3.2 | -1.9 | 0.3 | -7.7 | -3.0 | 6.6 | -1.1 | 1.9 | -5.7 | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6 |