METHANEX CORPORATION vs Sensient Technologies Corp, two Chemicals stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Colors and flavors written into customers' recipes earn Sensient Technologies 11.83% on equity at an 8.71% net margin, roughly double Methanex's 5.31% return and 4.03% margin. Methanex makes methanol, where a single commodity price governs the result. On cash the roles flip oddly: Sensient's free-cash yield is a thin 0.43% this year while Methanex shows 26.28%, but that Methanex figure is a one-off spike, not a baseline. Sensient trades at 35.46 times earnings, Methanex at 43.72, both rich. Sensient sits at 4.21 times book against 1.28. Recipe-specified ingredients against a methanol price that does the deciding.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | MEOH | SXT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $48.66 | $115.84 |
| Market cap | $3.5B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.5% | +16.1% |
| P/E | 44.2 | 34.2 |
| P/B | 1.29 | 4.06 |
| P/S | 0.98 | 2.99 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.5 | 20.1 |
| Revenue growth | -4.9% | +5.8% |
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 15.3% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 8.7% |
| Return on equity | 5.3% | 11.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.0% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.3% | 8.3% |
| FCF yield | 26.0% | 0.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| Current ratio | 2.06 | 5.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.13 | 8.44 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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