Sensient Technologies Corp (SXT)

limeonaire (96.73) Submitted: 9/18/2009 7:01:28 PM : Start Price: $27.80 SXT Score: -12.50

They make a lot of things that we need - and they may well be expanding.

PeeDaPants (38.83) Submitted: 7/29/2009 10:54:40 PM : Start Price: $24.63 SXT Score: -8.71

screen pick

00100 (96.79) Submitted: 4/19/2009 8:19:47 PM : Start Price: $23.79 SXT Score: -23.14

4/20/09 Pitch: Upthumb. Earnings today. Low debt, great margins.

TMFHelical (98.29) Submitted: 10/17/2008 3:59:03 PM : Start Price: $23.16 SXT Score: -6.94

Again I may be stretching to put this flavoring/color etc. company into a healthcare - biotechnology CAPS port, but I'm a chemist and this Sensient at heart is a chemistry company just like pharma. Plus food and health go hand in hand. Here we have a well performing company with a solid dividend unjustly sold off with the rest of the market. Worth adding here and holding long term.

glotrin (76.98) Submitted: 11/21/2007 5:42:40 PM : Start Price: $25.65 SXT Score: +18.36

Good solid company

Funnyzguy (86.91) Submitted: 8/7/2007 12:48:03 PM : Start Price: $23.09 SXT Score: +31.13

Buyout canidate

rd80 (99.26) Submitted: 6/24/2007 3:50:38 PM : Start Price: $23.91 SXT Score: -29.01

I may regret this, but decided to try rating something from the 'needs more picks' list.

Fwd PE ratio of 15.5 for a company with predicted rev growth of 4% over the next 5 years? Seems a tad pricey. Company also has net debt over $500 million with a market cap of $1.24B and recently entered into a new $300 mill credit facility to replace an existing $225 mill facility. With interest rates ticking up, a slow growth company with lots of debt seems like it'll be facing serious headwinds.

If someone wanted a stock in this industry, I don't see any reason to pick SXT over Int. Flavors and Fragrances (IFF).