---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-022255"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SXT"
cik: "0000310142"
company_name: "SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:46:44.042280+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sensient Q1 revenue up 4.2%; raises 2024 guidance to mid-single-digit growth

## Summary
- Q1 revenue $384.7M (+4.2% reported; +3.8% local currency); reported EPS $0.73 vs $0.80 YoY.
- Adjusted local currency EPS declined 1.3%; local currency adjusted operating income up 2.6%.
- Flavors & Extracts revenue +8.0% (local currency +6.9%); Color revenue -0.7% on pharma destocking.
- Now expects 2024 revenue and adjusted EBITDA to grow at mid-single-digit rate (prior: low to mid-single-digit).
- GAAP EPS guidance $2.80-$2.90 includes $0.15 of Portfolio Optimization Plan costs; adjusted EPS growth low to mid-single-digit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-022255
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SXT
- cik: 0000310142
- company_name: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/310142/000114036124022255/0001140361-24-022255-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036124022255/ef20027679_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022255
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-022255.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $384.7 million, EPS 73 cents. Guidance raised.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $384.7 million
  - EPS: 73 cents
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: and personal care markets, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. First Quarter Consolidated Results • Reported revenue increased 4.2% to $384.7 million in the first quarter of 2024 versus last year’s first quarter results of $369.0 million. On a local currency basis (1) , revenue increased 3.8%. • Reported operating income
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310142/000114036124022255/0001140361-24-022255-index.htm

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