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Contact:
David Plautz
(414) 347-3706
investor.relations@sensient.com
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Reported revenue increased 4.5% to $393.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 versus last year’s fourth quarter results of $376.4 million. On a local currency basis(1), revenue
increased 2.0%.
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Reported operating income decreased 9.1% to $38.2 million compared to $42.0 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company recorded $6.3 million of
costs related to its Portfolio Optimization Plan versus last year’s $0.9 million in the fourth quarter. Local currency adjusted operating income(1) and local currency adjusted EBITDA(1) were both flat in the fourth
quarter.
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Reported earnings per share decreased 15.5% to 60 cents in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 71 cents in the fourth quarter of 2024. Local currency adjusted diluted EPS(1)
increased 6.2% in the fourth quarter.
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2025
February 13, 2026
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Reported
|
Local Currency(1)
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|||||||||||||||
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Revenue
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
-0.6%
|
-0.9%
|
-2.4%
|
-1.3%
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
10.9%
|
8.1%
|
7.0%
|
7.4%
|
||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
-1.0%
|
3.5%
|
-1.9%
|
2.4%
|
||||||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
4.5%
|
3.5%
|
2.0%
|
2.9%
|
||||||||||||
|
Reported
|
Local Currency Adjusted(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
-10.0%
|
3.8%
|
-11.6%
|
3.4%
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
12.2%
|
18.2%
|
7.2%
|
16.9%
|
||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
2.4%
|
6.3%
|
0.6%
|
3.8%
|
||||||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
-9.1%
|
8.1%
|
-0.4%
|
11.1%
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||||||||||||
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2025
February 13, 2026
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Metric
|
Current Guidance
|
|
|
Local Currency Revenue(1)
|
Mid-Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
|
|
|
Local Currency Adjusted EBITDA(1)
|
Mid-Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
|
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|
Diluted EPS (GAAP)
|
Between $3.60 and $3.80*
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|
Local Currency Adjusted Diluted EPS(1)
|
Mid-Single-Digit to High Single-Digit Growth
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| *Based on current exchange rates, foreign currency impact is expected to be immaterial for the year. | ||
| (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 December 31, 2025
February 13, 2026
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Sensient Technologies Corporation
Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2025
February 13, 2026
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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 December 31,
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Year Ended December 31,
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||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
393,447
|
$
|
376,420
|
4.5
|
%
|
$
|
1,612,111
|
$
|
1,557,228
|
3.5
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Cost of products sold
|
270,098
|
257,002
|
5.1
|
%
|
1,072,811
|
1,050,135
|
2.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Selling and administrative expenses
|
85,163
|
77,422
|
10.0
|
%
|
332,172
|
315,514
|
5.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Operating income
|
38,186
|
41,996
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
207,128
|
191,579
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
7,521
|
6,387
|
29,581
|
28,781
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings before income taxes
|
30,665
|
35,609
|
177,547
|
162,798
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
5,181
|
5,505
|
43,058
|
38,132
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
25,484
|
$
|
30,104
|
(15.3
|
%)
|
$
|
134,489
|
$
|
124,666
|
7.9
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Earnings per share of common stock:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
3.18
|
$
|
2.96
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
3.16
|
$
|
2.94
|
||||||||||||||
|
Average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
42,254
|
42,163
|
42,236
|
42,145
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
42,669
|
42,454
|
42,595
|
42,396
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
187,041
|
$
|
188,114
|
(0.6
|
%)
|
$
|
786,943
|
$
|
793,698
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
||||||||||
|
Color
|
175,407
|
158,134
|
10.9
|
%
|
700,595
|
647,939
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
41,429
|
41,861
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
168,156
|
162,525
|
3.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Intersegment elimination
|
(10,430
|
)
|
(11,689
|
)
|
(43,583
|
)
|
(46,934
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
393,447
|
$
|
376,420
|
4.5
|
%
|
$
|
1,612,111
|
$
|
1,557,228
|
3.5
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
19,208
|
$
|
21,345
|
(10.0
|
%)
|
$
|
100,741
|
$
|
97,094
|
3.8
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Color
|
29,771
|
26,542
|
12.2
|
%
|
141,279
|
119,529
|
18.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,696
|
8,495
|
2.4
|
%
|
36,622
|
34,458
|
6.3
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(19,489
|
)
|
(14,386
|
)
|
(71,514
|
)
|
(59,502
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
38,186
|
$
|
41,996
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
$
|
207,128
|
$
|
191,579
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
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Page 7
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|
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
36,533
|
$
|
26,626
|
||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
305,380
|
290,087
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
678,220
|
600,302
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
59,717
|
44,871
|
||||||
|
Fixed assets held for sale
|
1,598
|
-
|
||||||
|
Total Current Assets
|
1,081,448
|
961,886
|
||||||
|
Goodwill & intangible assets (net)
|
449,827
|
423,658
|
||||||
|
Property, plant, and equipment (net)
|
539,296
|
491,587
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
173,566
|
146,663
|
||||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
2,244,137
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable
|
$
|
138,344
|
$
|
139,052
|
||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
352
|
19,848
|
||||||
|
Other current liabilities
|
124,887
|
111,739
|
||||||
|
Total Current Liabilities
|
263,583
|
270,639
|
||||||
|
Long-term debt
|
709,232
|
613,523
|
||||||
|
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
|
24,045
|
24,499
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
53,763
|
54,147
|
||||||
|
Shareholders' Equity
|
1,193,514
|
1,060,986
|
||||||
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
$
|
2,244,137
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
Page 8
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
|||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
134,489
|
$
|
124,666
|
||||
|
Adjustments to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
61,098
|
60,329
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
13,946
|
10,084
|
||||||
|
Net loss (gain) on assets
|
289
|
(140
|
)
|
|||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs
|
5,273
|
1,415
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
(2,705
|
)
|
(18,598
|
)
|
||||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
(1,106
|
)
|
(29,638
|
)
|
||||
|
Inventories
|
(62,226
|
)
|
(18,295
|
)
|
||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(19,036
|
)
|
(5,407
|
)
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
|
(1,445
|
)
|
8,995
|
|||||
|
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings
|
(5,093
|
)
|
22,518
|
|||||
|
Income taxes
|
1,839
|
(810
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other liabilities
|
2,503
|
2,032
|
||||||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
127,826
|
157,151
|
||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
|
(89,409
|
)
|
(59,212
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
496
|
339
|
||||||
|
Acquisition of new business
|
(4,867
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
|
Other investing activities
|
1,098
|
(336
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(92,682
|
)
|
(59,209
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from additional borrowings
|
216,485
|
159,321
|
||||||
|
Debt payments
|
(177,592
|
)
|
(167,073
|
)
|
||||
|
Dividends paid
|
(69,614
|
)
|
(69,399
|
)
|
||||
|
Other financing activities
|
(4,314
|
)
|
(4,395
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(35,035
|
)
|
(81,546
|
)
|
||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
9,798
|
(18,704
|
)
|
|||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
9,907
|
(2,308
|
)
|
|||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
26,626
|
28,934
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
36,533
|
$
|
26,626
|
||||
|
Supplemental Information
|
||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Dividends paid per share
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.64
|
||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
Page 9
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
38,186
|
$
|
41,996
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
$
|
207,128
|
$
|
191,579
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Cost of products sold
|
3,279
|
839
|
7,531
|
1,362
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Selling and administrative expenses
|
3,001
|
17
|
8,275
|
5,269
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted operating income
|
$
|
44,466
|
$
|
42,852
|
3.8
|
%
|
$
|
222,934
|
$
|
198,210
|
12.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings (GAAP)
|
$
|
25,484
|
$
|
30,104
|
(15.3
|
%)
|
$
|
134,489
|
$
|
124,666
|
7.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
6,280
|
856
|
15,806
|
6,631
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tax impact of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs(1)
|
(1,133
|
)
|
(3,570
|
)
|
(2,001
|
)
|
(4,156
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net earnings
|
$
|
30,631
|
$
|
27,390
|
11.8
|
%
|
$
|
148,294
|
$
|
127,141
|
16.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
0.71
|
(15.5
|
%)
|
$
|
3.16
|
$
|
2.94
|
7.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, net of tax
|
0.12
|
(0.06
|
)
|
0.32
|
0.06
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.65
|
10.8
|
%
|
$
|
3.48
|
$
|
3.00
|
16.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
|
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
19,208
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
19,208
|
$
|
21,345
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
21,345
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
29,771
|
-
|
29,771
|
26,542
|
-
|
26,542
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,696
|
-
|
8,696
|
8,495
|
-
|
8,495
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(19,489
|
)
|
6,280
|
(13,209
|
)
|
(14,386
|
)
|
856
|
(13,530
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
38,186
|
$
|
6,280
|
$
|
44,466
|
$
|
41,996
|
$
|
856
|
$
|
42,852
|
||||||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted
|
Adjusted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2025
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2025
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
100,741
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
100,741
|
$
|
97,094
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
97,094
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
141,279
|
-
|
141,279
|
119,529
|
-
|
119,529
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
36,622
|
-
|
36,622
|
34,458
|
-
|
34,458
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(71,514
|
)
|
15,806
|
(55,708
|
)
|
(59,502
|
)
|
6,631
|
(52,871
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
207,128
|
$
|
15,806
|
$
|
222,934
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
6,631
|
$
|
198,210
|
||||||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(Unaudited)
|
Page 10
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, 2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign
Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency
Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(0.6
|
%)
|
1.8
|
%
|
N/A
|
(2.4
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
10.9
|
%
|
3.9
|
%
|
N/A
|
7.0
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
0.9
|
%
|
N/A
|
(1.9
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
4.5
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
N/A
|
2.0
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(10.0
|
%)
|
1.6
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
(11.6
|
%)
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
12.2
|
%
|
5.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
7.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
2.4
|
%
|
1.8
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.6
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
35.5
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
37.9
|
%
|
(2.4
|
%)
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
4.2
|
%
|
(12.9
|
%)
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
(15.5
|
%)
|
4.2
|
%
|
(25.9
|
%)
|
6.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
3.2
|
%
|
3.4
|
%
|
N/A
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31, 2025
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign
Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Local
Currency
Adjusted
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
(0.9
|
%)
|
0.4
|
%
|
N/A
|
(1.3
|
%)
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
8.1
|
%
|
0.7
|
%
|
N/A
|
7.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
3.5
|
%
|
1.1
|
%
|
N/A
|
2.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
3.5
|
%
|
0.6
|
%
|
N/A
|
2.9
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
3.8
|
%
|
0.4
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
3.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
18.2
|
%
|
1.3
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
16.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
6.3
|
%
|
2.5
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
3.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
20.2
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
14.8
|
%
|
5.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
8.1
|
%
|
1.4
|
%
|
(4.4
|
%)
|
11.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
7.5
|
%
|
1.4
|
%
|
(8.6
|
%)
|
14.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
10.9
|
%
|
1.1
|
%
|
N/A
|
9.8
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
(In thousands, except percentages)
(Unaudited)
|
Page 11
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
2025
|
2024
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
38,186
|
$
|
41,996
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
$
|
207,128
|
$
|
191,579
|
8.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
15,208
|
15,144
|
61,098
|
60,329
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
3,362
|
3,104
|
13,946
|
10,084
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
6,280
|
856
|
15,806
|
6,631
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
63,036
|
$
|
61,100
|
3.2
|
%
|
$
|
297,978
|
$
|
268,623
|
10.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
|
Debt
|
2025
|
2024
|
||||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
$
|
352
|
$
|
19,848
|
||||
|
Long-term debt
|
709,232
|
613,523
|
||||||
|
Credit Agreement adjustments(4)
|
(22,544
|
)
|
(13,129
|
)
|
||||
|
Net Debt
|
$
|
687,040
|
$
|
620,242
|
||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
207,128
|
$
|
191,579
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
61,098
|
60,329
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
13,946
|
10,084
|
||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
15,806
|
6,631
|
||||||
|
Other non-operating gains(5)
|
(1,048
|
)
|
(905
|
)
|
||||
|
Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
296,930
|
$
|
267,718
|
||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Net Debt to Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
2.3x
|
|
2.3x
|
|
||||