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Contact:
David Plautz
(414) 347-3706
investor.relations@sensient.com
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Reported revenue increased 2.7% to $414.2 million in the second quarter of 2025 versus last year’s second quarter results of $403.5 million. On a local currency basis(1), revenue increased
2.1%.
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Reported operating income increased 16.2% to $57.7 million compared to $49.7 million recorded in the second quarter of 2024. In the second quarter of 2025, the Company recorded $3.3 million of costs
related to its Portfolio Optimization Plan versus last year’s $1.8 million in the second quarter. Local currency adjusted operating income(1) and local currency adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 16.9% and 14.1%, respectively,
in the second quarter.
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Reported earnings per share increased 20.5% to 88 cents in the second quarter of 2025 compared to 73 cents in the second quarter of 2024. Local currency adjusted diluted EPS(1) increased
20.8% in the second quarter.
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended June 30, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Reported
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Local Currency(1)
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Revenue
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
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Flavors & Extracts
|
-2.8
|
%
|
-1.3
|
%
|
-3.2
|
%
|
-0.9
|
%
|
||||||||
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Color
|
6.9
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%
|
5.9
|
%
|
6.6
|
%
|
7.4
|
%
|
||||||||
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Asia Pacific
|
10.8
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%
|
7.3
|
%
|
7.6
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%
|
6.2
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%
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||||||||
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Total Revenue
|
2.7
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%
|
2.3
|
%
|
2.1
|
%
|
3.1
|
%
|
||||||||
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Reported
|
Local Currency Adjusted(1)
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|||||||||||||||
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Operating Income
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
8.8
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%
|
7.2
|
%
|
8.6
|
%
|
7.5
|
%
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||||||||
|
Color
|
23.6
|
%
|
16.8
|
%
|
22.1
|
%
|
17.8
|
%
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||||||||
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Asia Pacific
|
13.5
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%
|
10.4
|
%
|
8.0
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%
|
7.5
|
%
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||||||||
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Total Operating Income
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16.2
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%
|
12.3
|
%
|
16.9
|
%
|
13.6
|
%
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended June 30, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Metric
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Current Guidance
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Prior Guidance
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Local Currency Revenue(1)
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Mid-Single-Digit Growth
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Mid-Single-Digit Growth
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Local Currency Adjusted EBITDA(1)
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High Single-Digit Growth
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Mid-Single-Digit to High Single-Digit Growth
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Diluted EPS (GAAP)
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Between $3.13 and $3.23*
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Between $3.13 and $3.23
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Local Currency Adjusted Diluted EPS(1)
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High Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
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High Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
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Please refer to “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Amounts” at the end of this release for more information regarding our non-GAAP
financial measures.
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended June 30, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Sensient Technologies Corporation
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended June 30, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Sensient Technologies Corporation
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(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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|
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2025
|
2024
|
% Change
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2025
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2024
|
% Change
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|||||||||||||||||
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Revenue
|
$
|
414,230
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$
|
403,525
|
2.7
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%
|
$
|
806,555
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$
|
788,195
|
2.3
|
%
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||||||||||
|
Cost of products sold
|
271,398
|
272,803
|
(0.5
|
%)
|
531,946
|
530,924
|
0.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Selling and administrative expenses
|
85,126
|
81,065
|
5.0
|
%
|
163,373
|
158,208
|
3.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Operating income
|
57,706
|
49,657
|
16.2
|
%
|
111,236
|
99,063
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
7,391
|
7,653
|
14,732
|
14,698
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings before income taxes
|
50,315
|
42,004
|
96,504
|
84,365
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
12,728
|
11,072
|
24,455
|
22,493
|
||||||||||||||||||
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Net earnings
|
$
|
37,587
|
$
|
30,932
|
21.5
|
%
|
$
|
72,049
|
$
|
61,872
|
16.4
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Earnings per share of common stock:
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||||||||||||||||||||||
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Basic
|
$
|
0.89
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
1.71
|
$
|
1.47
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||||||||||||||
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||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diluted
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
1.69
|
$
|
1.46
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||||||||||||||
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Average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
42,246
|
42,154
|
42,221
|
42,129
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diluted
|
42,575
|
42,398
|
42,522
|
42,351
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenue
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
203,251
|
$
|
209,213
|
(2.8
|
%)
|
$
|
396,932
|
$
|
402,305
|
(1.3
|
%)
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||||||||||
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Color
|
179,282
|
167,700
|
6.9
|
%
|
347,032
|
327,725
|
5.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
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Asia Pacific
|
42,744
|
38,580
|
10.8
|
%
|
84,645
|
78,886
|
7.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Intersegment elimination
|
(11,047
|
)
|
(11,968
|
)
|
(22,054
|
)
|
(20,721
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
414,230
|
$
|
403,525
|
2.7
|
%
|
$
|
806,555
|
$
|
788,195
|
2.3
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
28,506
|
$
|
26,209
|
8.8
|
%
|
$
|
53,495
|
$
|
49,887
|
7.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Color
|
38,922
|
31,502
|
23.6
|
%
|
73,774
|
63,181
|
16.8
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,943
|
7,880
|
13.5
|
%
|
18,385
|
16,656
|
10.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(18,665
|
)
|
(15,934
|
)
|
(34,418
|
)
|
(30,661
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
49,657
|
16.2
|
%
|
$
|
111,236
|
$
|
99,063
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||||
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(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
|
June 30,
2025
|
December 31,
2024
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
56,686
|
$
|
26,626
|
||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
333,951
|
290,087
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
619,595
|
600,302
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
54,221
|
44,871
|
||||||
|
Fixed assets held for sale
|
1,629
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total Current Assets
|
1,066,082
|
961,886
|
||||||
|
Goodwill & intangible assets (net)
|
451,942
|
423,658
|
||||||
|
Property, plant, and equipment (net)
|
515,469
|
491,587
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
171,068
|
146,663
|
||||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
2,204,561
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable
|
$
|
121,442
|
$
|
139,052
|
||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
26,280
|
19,848
|
||||||
|
Other current liabilities
|
103,402
|
111,739
|
||||||
|
Total Current Liabilities
|
251,124
|
270,639
|
||||||
|
Long-term debt
|
710,119
|
613,523
|
||||||
|
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
|
26,865
|
24,499
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
59,332
|
54,147
|
||||||
|
Shareholders' Equity
|
1,157,121
|
1,060,986
|
||||||
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
$
|
2,204,561
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
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(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
72,049
|
$
|
61,872
|
||||
|
Adjustments to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
30,334
|
29,725
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
6,639
|
4,911
|
||||||
|
Net loss (gain) on assets
|
76
|
(195
|
)
|
|||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs
|
1,274
|
1,495
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
2,711
|
529
|
||||||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
(30,293
|
)
|
(49,449
|
)
|
||||
|
Inventories
|
(548
|
)
|
36,730
|
|||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(11,028
|
)
|
(6,612
|
)
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
|
(17,578
|
)
|
(22,722
|
)
|
||||
|
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings
|
(15,129
|
)
|
7,824
|
|||||
|
Income taxes
|
(937
|
)
|
(6,591
|
)
|
||||
|
Other liabilities
|
1,734
|
1,429
|
||||||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
39,304
|
58,946
|
||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
|
(38,035
|
)
|
(22,850
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
56
|
296
|
||||||
|
Acquisition of new business
|
(4,867
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
|
Other investing activities
|
1,354
|
(336
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(41,492
|
)
|
(22,890
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from additional borrowings
|
106,484
|
132,189
|
||||||
|
Debt payments
|
(43,148
|
)
|
(120,571
|
)
|
||||
|
Dividends paid
|
(34,700
|
)
|
(34,685
|
)
|
||||
|
Other financing activities
|
(2,648
|
)
|
(3,016
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
25,988
|
(26,083
|
)
|
|||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
6,260
|
(8,568
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
30,060
|
1,405
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
26,626
|
28,934
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
56,686
|
$
|
30,339
|
||||
|
Supplemental Information
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Dividends paid per share
|
$
|
0.82
|
$
|
0.82
|
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(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
49,657
|
16.2
|
%
|
$
|
111,236
|
$
|
99,063
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Cost of products sold
|
1,789
|
207
|
3,603
|
314
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Selling and administrative
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
expenses
|
1,550
|
1,545
|
2,600
|
4,250
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted operating income
|
$
|
61,045
|
$
|
51,409
|
18.7
|
%
|
$
|
117,439
|
$
|
103,627
|
13.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Net earnings (GAAP)
|
$
|
37,587
|
$
|
30,932
|
21.5
|
%
|
$
|
72,049
|
$
|
61,872
|
16.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
3,339
|
1,752
|
6,203
|
4,564
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tax impact of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs(1)
|
(815
|
)
|
(214
|
)
|
(1,517
|
)
|
(569
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net earnings
|
$
|
40,111
|
$
|
32,470
|
23.5
|
%
|
$
|
76,735
|
$
|
65,867
|
16.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)
|
$
|
0.88
|
$
|
0.73
|
20.5
|
%
|
$
|
1.69
|
$
|
1.46
|
15.8
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, net of tax
|
0.06
|
0.04
|
0.11
|
0.09
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.94
|
$
|
0.77
|
22.1
|
%
|
$
|
1.80
|
$
|
1.56
|
15.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
28,506
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
28,506
|
$
|
26,209
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
26,209
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
38,922
|
-
|
38,922
|
31,502
|
-
|
31,502
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,943
|
-
|
8,943
|
7,880
|
-
|
7,880
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(18,665
|
)
|
3,339
|
(15,326
|
)
|
(15,934
|
)
|
1,752
|
(14,182
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
3,339
|
$
|
61,045
|
$
|
49,657
|
$
|
1,752
|
$
|
51,409
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
|
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
53,495
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
53,495
|
$
|
49,887
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
49,887
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
73,774
|
-
|
73,774
|
63,181
|
-
|
63,181
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
18,385
|
-
|
18,385
|
16,656
|
-
|
16,656
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(34,418
|
)
|
6,203
|
(28,215
|
)
|
(30,661
|
)
|
4,564
|
(26,097
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
111,236
|
$
|
6,203
|
$
|
117,439
|
$
|
99,063
|
$
|
4,564
|
$
|
103,627
|
||||||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
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Page 10
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign
Exchange
Rates |
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency
Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(2.8
|
%)
|
0.4
|
%
|
N/A
|
(3.2
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
6.9
|
%
|
0.3
|
%
|
N/A
|
6.6
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
10.8
|
%
|
3.2
|
%
|
N/A
|
7.6
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
2.7
|
%
|
0.6
|
%
|
N/A
|
2.1
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
8.8
|
%
|
0.2
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
8.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
23.6
|
%
|
1.5
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
22.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
13.5
|
%
|
5.5
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
8.0
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
17.1
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
9.0
|
%
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
16.2
|
%
|
1.9
|
%
|
(2.6
|
%)
|
16.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
20.5
|
%
|
1.3
|
%
|
(1.6
|
%)
|
20.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
15.4
|
%
|
1.3
|
%
|
N/A
|
14.1
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign
Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency
Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(1.3
|
%)
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
N/A
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
5.9
|
%
|
(1.5
|
%)
|
N/A
|
7.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
7.3
|
%
|
1.1
|
%
|
N/A
|
6.2
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
2.3
|
%
|
(0.8
|
%)
|
N/A
|
3.1
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
7.2
|
%
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.5
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
16.8
|
%
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
17.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
10.4
|
%
|
2.9
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.5
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
12.3
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
4.2
|
%
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
12.3
|
%
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
13.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
15.8
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
16.0
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
11.7
|
%
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
N/A
|
12.1
|
%
|
|||||||||
| Sensient Technologies Corporation |
Page 11 |
|
(In thousands, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
49,657
|
16.2
|
%
|
$
|
111,236
|
$
|
99,063
|
12.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
15,260
|
15,016
|
30,334
|
29,725
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
3,739
|
2,916
|
6,639
|
4,911
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
3,339
|
1,752
|
6,203
|
4,564
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
80,044
|
$
|
69,341
|
15.4
|
%
|
$
|
154,412
|
$
|
138,263
|
11.7
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
June 30,
|
||||||||
|
Debt
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
$
|
26,280
|
$
|
26,995
|
||||
|
Long-term debt
|
710,119
|
634,663
|
||||||
|
Credit Agreement adjustments(4)
|
(43,393
|
)
|
(18,034
|
)
|
||||
|
Net Debt
|
$
|
693,006
|
$
|
643,624
|
||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
203,752
|
$
|
151,657
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
60,938
|
58,955
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
11,812
|
9,078
|
||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
8,270
|
32,405
|
||||||
|
Other non-operating gains(5)
|
(816
|
)
|
(872
|
)
|
||||
|
Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
283,956
|
$
|
251,223
|
||||
|
Net Debt to Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
2.4x
|
|
2.6x
|
|
||||