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Contact:
David Plautz
(414) 347-3706
investor.relations@sensient.com
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Reported revenue increased 5.0% to $412.1 million in the third quarter of 2025 versus last year’s third quarter results of $392.6 million. On a local currency basis(1), revenue increased
3.5%.
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Reported operating income increased 14.2% to $57.7 million compared to $50.5 million recorded in the third quarter of 2024. In the third quarter of 2025, the Company recorded $3.3 million of costs
related to its Portfolio Optimization Plan versus last year’s $1.2 million in the third quarter. Local currency adjusted operating income(1) and local currency adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 15.7% and 14.3%, respectively,
in the third quarter.
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Reported earnings per share increased 13.0% to 87 cents in the third quarter of 2025 compared to 77 cents in the third quarter of 2024. Local currency adjusted diluted EPS(1) increased
17.5% in the third quarter.
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended September 30, 2025
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Reported
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Local Currency(1)
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|||||||||||||||
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Revenue
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
-0.2
|
%
|
-0.9
|
%
|
-1.2
|
%
|
-1.0
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
9.9
|
%
|
7.2
|
%
|
7.9
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
0.7
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
-0.3
|
%
|
3.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
5.0
|
%
|
3.2
|
%
|
3.5
|
%
|
3.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Reported
|
Local Currency Adjusted(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
8.4
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
7.8
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
26.6
|
%
|
19.9
|
%
|
23.8
|
%
|
19.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
2.5
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
0.2
|
%
|
4.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
14.2
|
%
|
12.9
|
%
|
15.7
|
%
|
14.3
|
%
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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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Double-Digit Growth
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High Single-Digit Growth
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||
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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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Double-Digit Growth
|
High Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
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| (1) |
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 September 30, 2025
October 31, 2025
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended September 30, 2025
October 31, 2025
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Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Page 6
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|
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
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|||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
412,109
|
$
|
392,613
|
5.0
|
%
|
$
|
1,218,664
|
$
|
1,180,808
|
3.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Cost of products sold
|
270,767
|
262,209
|
3.3
|
%
|
802,713
|
793,133
|
1.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Selling and administrative expenses
|
83,636
|
79,884
|
4.7
|
%
|
247,009
|
238,092
|
3.7
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Operating income
|
57,706
|
50,520
|
14.2
|
%
|
168,942
|
149,583
|
12.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
7,328
|
7,696
|
22,060
|
22,394
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings before income taxes
|
50,378
|
42,824
|
146,882
|
127,189
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
13,422
|
10,134
|
37,877
|
32,627
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
36,956
|
$
|
32,690
|
13.0
|
%
|
$
|
109,005
|
$
|
94,562
|
15.3
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Earnings per share of common stock:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
0.87
|
$
|
0.78
|
$
|
2.58
|
$
|
2.24
|
||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.87
|
$
|
0.77
|
$
|
2.56
|
$
|
2.23
|
||||||||||||||
|
Average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
42,248
|
42,159
|
42,231
|
42,139
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
42,665
|
42,429
|
42,570
|
42,377
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenue
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
202,970
|
$
|
203,279
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
$
|
599,902
|
$
|
605,584
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
||||||||||
|
Color
|
178,156
|
162,080
|
9.9
|
%
|
525,188
|
489,805
|
7.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
42,082
|
41,778
|
0.7
|
%
|
126,727
|
120,664
|
5.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Intersegment elimination
|
(11,099
|
)
|
(14,524
|
)
|
(33,153
|
)
|
(35,245
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
412,109
|
$
|
392,613
|
5.0
|
%
|
$
|
1,218,664
|
$
|
1,180,808
|
3.2
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
28,038
|
$
|
25,862
|
8.4
|
%
|
$
|
81,533
|
$
|
75,749
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Color
|
37,734
|
29,806
|
26.6
|
%
|
111,508
|
92,987
|
19.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
9,541
|
9,307
|
2.5
|
%
|
27,926
|
25,963
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(17,607
|
)
|
(14,455
|
)
|
(52,025
|
)
|
(45,116
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
50,520
|
14.2
|
%
|
$
|
168,942
|
$
|
149,583
|
12.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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|
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
|
September 30,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
42,669
|
$
|
26,626
|
||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
323,387
|
290,087
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
653,718
|
600,302
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
51,728
|
44,871
|
||||||
|
Fixed assets held for sale
|
1,595
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total Current Assets
|
1,073,097
|
961,886
|
||||||
|
Goodwill & intangible assets (net)
|
449,902
|
423,658
|
||||||
|
Property, plant, and equipment (net)
|
518,489
|
491,587
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
168,053
|
146,663
|
||||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
2,209,541
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable
|
$
|
122,878
|
$
|
139,052
|
||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
777
|
19,848
|
||||||
|
Other current liabilities
|
110,033
|
111,739
|
||||||
|
Total Current Liabilities
|
233,688
|
270,639
|
||||||
|
Long-term debt
|
711,177
|
613,523
|
||||||
|
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
|
27,031
|
24,499
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
57,484
|
54,147
|
||||||
|
Shareholders' Equity
|
1,180,161
|
1,060,986
|
||||||
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
$
|
2,209,541
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Page 8
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|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
||||||||
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
109,005
|
$
|
94,562
|
||||
|
Adjustments to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
45,890
|
45,185
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
10,584
|
6,980
|
||||||
|
Net loss (gain) on assets
|
166
|
(210
|
)
|
|||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs
|
2,107
|
1,406
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
3,899
|
(11,117
|
)
|
|||||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
(19,716
|
)
|
(32,138
|
)
|
||||
|
Inventories
|
(35,609
|
)
|
14,902
|
|||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(9,160
|
)
|
221
|
|||||
|
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
|
(10,973
|
)
|
(4,664
|
)
|
||||
|
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings
|
(9,781
|
)
|
16,769
|
|||||
|
Income taxes
|
(5,076
|
)
|
854
|
|||||
|
Other liabilities
|
1,927
|
3,011
|
||||||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
83,263
|
135,761
|
||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
|
(57,788
|
)
|
(36,088
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
397
|
338
|
||||||
|
Acquisition of new business
|
(4,867
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
|
Other investing activities
|
1,260
|
(1,444
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(60,998
|
)
|
(37,194
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from additional borrowings
|
125,619
|
134,432
|
||||||
|
Debt payments
|
(84,662
|
)
|
(154,219
|
)
|
||||
|
Dividends paid
|
(52,196
|
)
|
(52,034
|
)
|
||||
|
Other financing activities
|
(2,648
|
)
|
(3,317
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(13,887
|
)
|
(75,138
|
)
|
||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
7,665
|
(15,394
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
16,043
|
8,035
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
26,626
|
28,934
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
42,669
|
$
|
36,969
|
||||
|
Supplemental Information
|
||||||||
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Dividends paid per share
|
$
|
1.23
|
$
|
1.23
|
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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Page 9
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|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
50,520
|
14.2
|
%
|
$
|
168,942
|
$
|
149,583
|
12.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Cost of products sold
|
649
|
209
|
4,252
|
523
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Selling and administrative expenses
|
2,674
|
1,002
|
5,274
|
5,252
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted operating income
|
$
|
61,029
|
$
|
51,731
|
18.0
|
%
|
$
|
178,468
|
$
|
155,358
|
14.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings (GAAP)
|
$
|
36,956
|
$
|
32,690
|
13.0
|
%
|
$
|
109,005
|
$
|
94,562
|
15.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
3,323
|
1,211
|
9,526
|
5,775
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tax impact of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs(1)
|
649
|
(17
|
)
|
(868
|
)
|
(586
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net earnings
|
$
|
40,928
|
$
|
33,884
|
20.8
|
%
|
$
|
117,663
|
$
|
99,751
|
18.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)
|
$
|
0.87
|
$
|
0.77
|
13.0
|
%
|
$
|
2.56
|
$
|
2.23
|
14.8
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, net of tax
|
0.09
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
0.12
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.96
|
$
|
0.80
|
20.0
|
%
|
$
|
2.76
|
$
|
2.35
|
17.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
|
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
28,038
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
28,038
|
$
|
25,862
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
25,862
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
37,734
|
-
|
37,734
|
29,806
|
-
|
29,806
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
9,541
|
-
|
9,541
|
9,307
|
-
|
9,307
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(17,607
|
)
|
3,323
|
(14,284
|
)
|
(14,455
|
)
|
1,211
|
(13,244
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
3,323
|
$
|
61,029
|
$
|
50,520
|
$
|
1,211
|
$
|
51,731
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
|
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
81,533
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
81,533
|
$
|
75,749
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
75,749
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
111,508
|
-
|
111,508
|
92,987
|
-
|
92,987
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
27,926
|
-
|
27,926
|
25,963
|
-
|
25,963
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(52,025
|
)
|
9,526
|
(42,499
|
)
|
(45,116
|
)
|
5,775
|
(39,341
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
168,942
|
$
|
9,526
|
$
|
178,468
|
$
|
149,583
|
$
|
5,775
|
$
|
155,358
|
||||||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(Unaudited)
|
Page 10
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency
Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
1.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
(1.2
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
9.9
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
7.9
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
0.7
|
%
|
1.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
5.0
|
%
|
1.5
|
%
|
N/A
|
3.5
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
8.4
|
%
|
0.6
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
26.6
|
%
|
2.8
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
23.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
2.5
|
%
|
2.3
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
21.8
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
13.9
|
%
|
7.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
14.2
|
%
|
2.4
|
%
|
(3.9
|
%)
|
15.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
13.0
|
%
|
2.6
|
%
|
(7.1
|
%)
|
17.5
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
16.3
|
%
|
2.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
14.3
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
0.1
|
%
|
N/A
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
7.2
|
%
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
N/A
|
7.6
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
5.0
|
%
|
1.1
|
%
|
N/A
|
3.9
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
3.2
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
3.2
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
7.6
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
19.9
|
%
|
0.2
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
19.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
7.6
|
%
|
2.7
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
4.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
15.3
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.3
|
%
|
8.0
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
12.9
|
%
|
0.6
|
%
|
(2.0
|
%)
|
14.3
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
14.8
|
%
|
0.5
|
%
|
(2.3
|
%)
|
16.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
13.2
|
%
|
0.4
|
%
|
N/A
|
12.8
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
|
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|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
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|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
57,706
|
$
|
50,520
|
14.2
|
%
|
$
|
168,942
|
$
|
149,583
|
12.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
15,556
|
15,460
|
45,890
|
45,185
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
3,945
|
2,069
|
10,584
|
6,980
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
3,323
|
1,211
|
9,526
|
5,775
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
80,530
|
$
|
69,260
|
16.3
|
%
|
$
|
234,942
|
$
|
207,523
|
13.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
September 30,
|
||||||||
|
Debt
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
$
|
777
|
$
|
17,811
|
||||
|
Long-term debt
|
711,177
|
625,627
|
||||||
|
Credit Agreement adjustments(4)
|
(27,992
|
)
|
(22,633
|
)
|
||||
|
Net Debt
|
$
|
683,962
|
$
|
620,805
|
||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
210,938
|
$
|
157,646
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
61,034
|
59,645
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
13,688
|
8,628
|
||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
10,382
|
33,616
|
||||||
|
Other non-operating gains(5)
|
(495
|
)
|
(998
|
)
|
||||
|
Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
295,547
|
$
|
258,537
|
||||
|
Net Debt to Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
2.3x |
2.4x |
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