---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-005710"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXT"
cik: "0000310142"
company_name: "SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T18:32:26.048386+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sensient reports Q4 revenue up 2.4%, full-year adjusted local currency revenue +9.7%; issues cautious 2023 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 2022 revenue $348.7M vs $340.4M (+2.4% reported, +5.9% adjusted local currency).
- Q4 reported diluted EPS $0.69 vs $0.65; included $0.04 from earnout on yogurt fruit prep divestiture.
- Full-year 2022 reported revenue +4.1%, adjusted local currency +9.7%; reported operating profit +15.7%.
- 2023 guidance: GAAP EPS flat to low-single digit growth; revenue mid-single digit local currency growth.
- Expects FY2023 interest expense increase of ~$11M and tax rate ~25%; foreign exchange a headwind early in year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-005710
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXT
- cik: 0000310142
- company_name: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123005710/0001140361-23-005710-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123005710/brhc10047730_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-005710.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP reported Quarter Ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $348.7 million, EPS 69 cents.
  - Period: Quarter Ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $348.7 million
  - EPS: 69 cents
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE: SXT) reported consolidated revenue of $348.7 million in this year’s fourth quarter compared to $340.4 million in last year’s fourth quarter. Reported operating income in the fourth quarter of 2022 was $41.2 million compared to $40.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Reported diluted earnings per share was 69 cents in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to 65 cents in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123005710/0001140361-23-005710-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP updated its Full Year 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: Full Year 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Sensient expects 2023 full year GAAP diluted earnings per share to be flat to low-single digit growth compared to our 2022 reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $3.34. The Company expects 2023 revenue to grow at a mid-single digit rate on a local currency basis compared to the Company’s 2022 revenue. The Company expects 2023 diluted earnings per share to be flat to low-single digit growth on a local currency basis compared to the Company’s 2022 adjusted diluted earnings per share (2) of $3.29. The Company expects 2023 adjusted EBITDA (2) to grow at a mid-to-high single digit rate on a local currency basis compared to the Company’s 2022 adjusted EBITDA (2). The Company expects its 2023 diluted earnings per share to be impacted by higher interest rates and a higher tax rate. The Company currently expects interest expense to increase by approximately $11 million ($0.20 per diluted share) in 2023 compared to the Company’s 2022 full year interest expense of $14.5 million. The Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123005710/0001140361-23-005710-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP reported Year Ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $3.34.
  - Period: Year Ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $3.34
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Sensient expects 2023 full year GAAP diluted earnings per share to be flat to low-single digit growth compared to our 2022 reported GAAP diluted earnings per share of $3.34.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036123005710/0001140361-23-005710-index.htm

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