|
|
Contact:
Amy Agallar
(414) 347-3706
investor.relations@sensient.com
|
| • |
Reported revenue increased 7.8% to $376.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 versus last year’s fourth quarter results of $349.3 million. On a local currency basis(1), revenue
increased 8.9%.
|
| • |
Reported operating income increased to $42.0 million compared to $8.1 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company recorded $0.9 million of costs
related to its Portfolio Optimization Plan versus last year’s $27.8 million in the fourth quarter. Local currency adjusted operating income(1) and local currency adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 20.8% and 18.8%,
respectively, in the fourth quarter, with each increasing primarily as a result of higher sales volumes.
|
| • |
Reported earnings per share was 71 cents in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to a loss of 14 cents in the fourth quarter of 2023. Local currency adjusted EPS(1) increased 29.4% in the
fourth quarter.
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Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2024
February 14, 2025
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|
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Reported
|
Local Currency(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
2.8
|
%
|
7.1
|
%
|
3.4
|
%
|
7.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
11.8
|
%
|
6.6
|
%
|
14.0
|
%
|
7.3
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
26.1
|
%
|
11.2
|
%
|
25.2
|
%
|
13.0
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
7.8
|
%
|
6.9
|
%
|
8.9
|
%
|
7.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Reported
|
Adjusted Local Currency(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
Quarter
|
Year-to-Date
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
18.2
|
%
|
10.6
|
%
|
18.4
|
%
|
10.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
24.4
|
%
|
13.4
|
%
|
27.4
|
%
|
14.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
44.3
|
%
|
11.9
|
%
|
41.7
|
%
|
14.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
420.8
|
%
|
23.6
|
%
|
20.8
|
%
|
9.3
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2024
February 14, 2025
|
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|
|
Metric
|
Current Guidance
|
|
|
Local Currency Revenue(1)
|
Mid-Single-Digit Growth
|
|
|
Local Currency Adjusted EBITDA(1)
|
Mid-Single-Digit to High Single-Digit Growth
|
|
|
Diluted EPS (GAAP)
|
Between $3.05 and $3.15*
|
|
|
Local Currency Adjusted Diluted EPS(1)
|
High Single-Digit to Double-Digit Growth
|
|
|
*Includes approximately 13 cents of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs and 10 to 15 cents of foreign currency headwinds based on current
exchange rates
|
| (1) |
Please refer to “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Amounts” at the end of this release for more information regarding our non-GAAP
financial measures.
|
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2024
February 14, 2025
|
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|
|
Sensient Technologies Corporation
Earnings Release – Quarter Ended December 31, 2024
February 14, 2025
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|
Page 6
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
$
|
376,420
|
$
|
349,302
|
7.8
|
%
|
$
|
1,557,228
|
$
|
1,456,450
|
6.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost of products sold
|
257,002
|
249,472
|
3.0
|
%
|
1,050,135
|
996,153
|
5.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Selling and administrative expenses
|
77,422
|
91,767
|
(15.6
|
%)
|
315,514
|
305,274
|
3.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income
|
41,996
|
8,063
|
420.8
|
%
|
191,579
|
155,023
|
23.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest expense
|
6,387
|
6,524
|
28,781
|
25,172
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings before income taxes
|
35,609
|
1,539
|
162,798
|
129,851
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income taxes
|
5,505
|
7,372
|
38,132
|
36,457
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
30,104
|
$
|
(5,833
|
)
|
616.1
|
%
|
$
|
124,666
|
$
|
93,394
|
33.5
|
%
|
|||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Earnings per share of common stock:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
2.96
|
$
|
2.22
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
2.94
|
$
|
2.21
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Average common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
|
42,163
|
42,051
|
42,145
|
42,027
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted
|
42,454
|
42,051
|
42,396
|
42,242
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
188,114
|
$
|
182,939
|
2.8
|
%
|
$
|
793,698
|
$
|
741,072
|
7.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
158,134
|
141,396
|
11.8
|
%
|
647,939
|
607,959
|
6.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
41,861
|
33,202
|
26.1
|
%
|
162,525
|
146,090
|
11.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Intersegment elimination
|
(11,689
|
)
|
(8,235
|
)
|
(46,934
|
)
|
(38,671
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
376,420
|
$
|
349,302
|
7.8
|
%
|
$
|
1,557,228
|
$
|
1,456,450
|
6.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
21,345
|
$
|
18,059
|
18.2
|
%
|
$
|
97,094
|
$
|
87,773
|
10.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
26,542
|
21,343
|
24.4
|
%
|
119,529
|
105,370
|
13.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,495
|
5,889
|
44.3
|
%
|
34,458
|
30,800
|
11.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(14,386
|
)
|
(37,228
|
)
|
(59,502
|
)
|
(68,920
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
41,996
|
$
|
8,063
|
420.8
|
%
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
155,023
|
23.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Page 7
|
|
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
|
December 31,
2024
|
December 31,
2023
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
26,626
|
$
|
28,934
|
||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
290,087
|
272,164
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
600,302
|
598,399
|
||||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
44,871
|
37,119
|
||||||
|
Total Current Assets
|
961,886
|
936,616
|
||||||
|
Goodwill & intangible assets (net)
|
423,658
|
436,177
|
||||||
|
Property, plant, and equipment (net)
|
491,587
|
505,277
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
146,663
|
136,437
|
||||||
|
Total Assets
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
$
|
2,014,507
|
||||
|
Trade accounts payable
|
$
|
139,052
|
$
|
131,114
|
||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
19,848
|
13,460
|
||||||
|
Other current liabilities
|
111,739
|
91,732
|
||||||
|
Total Current Liabilities
|
270,639
|
236,306
|
||||||
|
Long-term debt
|
613,523
|
645,085
|
||||||
|
Accrued employee and retiree benefits
|
24,499
|
27,715
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
54,147
|
52,077
|
||||||
|
Shareholders' Equity
|
1,060,986
|
1,053,324
|
||||||
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
$
|
2,023,794
|
$
|
2,014,507
|
||||
|
Page 8
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Net earnings
|
$
|
124,666
|
$
|
93,394
|
||||
|
Adjustments to arrive at net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
60,329
|
57,820
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
10,084
|
8,933
|
||||||
|
Net (gain) loss on assets
|
(140
|
)
|
541
|
|||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs
|
1,415
|
24,089
|
||||||
|
Deferred income taxes
|
(18,598
|
)
|
(5,100
|
)
|
||||
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
|
Trade accounts receivable
|
(29,638
|
)
|
35,801
|
|||||
|
Inventories
|
(18,295
|
)
|
(28,193
|
)
|
||||
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(5,407
|
)
|
5,767
|
|||||
|
Trade accounts payable and other accrued expenses
|
8,995
|
(5,978
|
)
|
|||||
|
Accrued salaries, wages, and withholdings
|
22,518
|
(17,830
|
)
|
|||||
|
Income taxes
|
(810
|
)
|
(1,175
|
)
|
||||
|
Other liabilities
|
2,032
|
1,628
|
||||||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
157,151
|
169,697
|
||||||
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
|
(59,212
|
)
|
(87,868
|
)
|
||||
|
Proceeds from sale of assets
|
339
|
156
|
||||||
|
Acquisiton of new businesses
|
-
|
(1,650
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other investing activities
|
(336
|
)
|
1,741
|
|||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(59,209
|
)
|
(87,621
|
)
|
||||
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
|
Proceeds from additional borrowings
|
159,321
|
351,662
|
||||||
|
Debt payments
|
(167,073
|
)
|
(355,161
|
)
|
||||
|
Dividends paid
|
(69,399
|
)
|
(69,222
|
)
|
||||
|
Other financing activities
|
(4,395
|
)
|
(9,278
|
)
|
||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(81,546
|
)
|
(81,999
|
)
|
||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(18,704
|
)
|
7,936
|
|||||
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
(2,308
|
)
|
8,013
|
|||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
28,934
|
20,921
|
||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
26,626
|
$
|
28,934
|
||||
|
Supplemental Information
|
||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||
|
Dividends paid per share
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
1.64
|
||||
|
Page 9
|
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
41,996
|
$
|
8,063
|
420.8
|
%
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
155,023
|
23.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Cost of products sold
|
839
|
3,135
|
1,362
|
3,135
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs – Selling and administrative expenses
|
17
|
24,706
|
5,269
|
24,706
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted operating income
|
$
|
42,852
|
$
|
35,904
|
19.4
|
%
|
$
|
198,210
|
$
|
182,864
|
8.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net earnings (GAAP)
|
$
|
30,104
|
$
|
(5,833
|
)
|
616.1
|
%
|
$
|
124,666
|
$
|
93,394
|
33.5
|
%
|
|||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
856
|
27,841
|
6,631
|
27,841
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tax impact of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs(1)
|
(3,570
|
)
|
(415
|
)
|
(4,156
|
)
|
(415
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted net earnings
|
$
|
27,390
|
$
|
21,593
|
26.8
|
%
|
$
|
127,141
|
$
|
120,820
|
5.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Diluted earnings per share (GAAP)
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
607.1
|
%
|
$
|
2.94
|
$
|
2.21
|
33.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, net of tax
|
(0.06
|
)
|
0.65
|
0.06
|
0.65
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
0.51
|
27.5
|
%
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
2.86
|
4.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
(1)
|
Tax impact adjustments were determined based on the nature of the underlying non-GAAP adjustments and their relevant jurisdictional tax rates.
|
|
Results by Segment
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2024
|
2023
|
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
21,345
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
21,345
|
$
|
18,059
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
18,059
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
26,542
|
-
|
26,542
|
21,343
|
-
|
21,343
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
8,495
|
-
|
8,495
|
5,889
|
-
|
5,889
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(14,386
|
)
|
856
|
(13,530
|
)
|
(37,228
|
)
|
27,841
|
(9,387
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
41,996
|
$
|
856
|
$
|
42,852
|
$
|
8,063
|
$
|
27,841
|
$
|
35,904
|
||||||||||||
|
Results by Segment
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
2024
|
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2024
|
2023 |
Adjustments(2)
|
Adjusted
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
$
|
97,094
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
97,094
|
$
|
87,773
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
87,773
|
||||||||||||
|
Color
|
119,529
|
-
|
119,529
|
105,370
|
-
|
105,370
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
34,458
|
-
|
34,458
|
30,800
|
-
|
30,800
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(59,502
|
)
|
6,631
|
(52,871
|
)
|
(68,920
|
)
|
27,841
|
(41,079
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
6,631
|
$
|
198,210
|
$
|
155,023
|
$
|
27,841
|
$
|
182,864
|
||||||||||||
|
(2)
|
Adjustments consist of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs.
|
|
Page 10
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, 2024
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign
Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Adjusted
Local
Currency
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
2.8
|
%
|
(0.6
|
%)
|
N/A
|
3.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
11.8
|
%
|
(2.2
|
%)
|
N/A
|
14.0
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
26.1
|
%
|
0.9
|
%
|
N/A
|
25.2
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
7.8
|
%
|
(1.1
|
%)
|
N/A
|
8.9
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
18.2
|
%
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
18.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
24.4
|
%
|
(3.0
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
27.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
44.3
|
%
|
2.6
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
41.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(61.4
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
(105.5
|
%)
|
44.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
420.8
|
%
|
(6.7
|
%)
|
406.7
|
%
|
20.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
607.1
|
%
|
(7.2
|
%)
|
584.9
|
%
|
29.4
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
17.5
|
%
|
(1.3
|
%)
|
N/A
|
18.8
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31, 2024
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Foreign Exchange
Rates
|
Adjustments(3)
|
Adjusted
Local
Currency
|
||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
7.1
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
N/A
|
7.1
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Color
|
6.6
|
%
|
(0.7
|
%)
|
N/A
|
7.3
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
11.2
|
%
|
(1.8
|
%)
|
N/A
|
13.0
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Total Revenue
|
6.9
|
%
|
(0.5
|
%)
|
N/A
|
7.4
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flavors & Extracts
|
10.6
|
%
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
10.8
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Color
|
13.4
|
%
|
(0.8
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
14.2
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Asia Pacific
|
11.9
|
%
|
(2.2
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
14.1
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Corporate & Other
|
(13.7
|
%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
(42.4
|
%)
|
28.7
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Total Operating Income
|
23.6
|
%
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
15.3
|
%
|
9.3
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
33.0
|
%
|
(1.4
|
%)
|
28.5
|
%
|
5.9
|
%
|
||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
7.6
|
%
|
(0.7
|
%)
|
N/A
|
8.3
|
%
|
|||||||||
|
(3)
|
Adjustments consist of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs.
|
|
|
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|
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
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|
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
2024
|
2023
|
% Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
41,996
|
$
|
8,063
|
420.8
|
%
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
155,023
|
23.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
15,144
|
14,460
|
60,329
|
57,820
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
3,104
|
1,648
|
10,084
|
8,933
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
856
|
27,841
|
6,631
|
27,841
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
61,100
|
$
|
52,012
|
17.5
|
%
|
$
|
268,623
|
$
|
249,617
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||||||
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
||||||||
|
Debt
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||
|
Short-term borrowings
|
$
|
19,848
|
$
|
13,460
|
||||
|
Long-term debt
|
613,523
|
645,085
|
||||||
|
Credit Agreement adjustments(4)
|
(13,129
|
)
|
(16,743
|
)
|
||||
|
Net Debt
|
$
|
620,242
|
$
|
641,802
|
||||
|
Operating income (GAAP)
|
$
|
191,579
|
$
|
155,023
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
60,329
|
57,820
|
||||||
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
10,084
|
8,933
|
||||||
|
Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, before tax
|
6,631
|
27,841
|
||||||
|
Other non-operating gains(5)
|
(905
|
)
|
(762
|
)
|
||||
|
Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
267,718
|
$
|
248,855
|
||||
|
Net Debt to Credit Adjusted EBITDA
|
2.3
|
x
|
2.6
|
x
|
||||