By Elias Schisgall

Shares of Sensient Technologies were lower after the company reported a lower fourth-quarter profit and guided for earnings short of Wall Street expectations.

Shares were down 5.8% at $92.25 in Friday morning trading. The stock has gained 20% in the past year.

The maker of flavor and color additives on Friday reported a profit of $25.5 million, or 60 cents a share, compared with a profit of $30.1 million, or 71 cents a share, a year earlier.

Stripping out certain one-time items, the company posted adjusted earnings of 72 cents a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting 77 cents a share.

Revenue grew 4.5% to $393.4 million, up from $376.4 million a year prior. Analysts were targeting $397.5 million.

Revenue in the color segment rose 11% to $175.4 million, up from $158.1 million. The flavors and extracts segment brought in revenue of $187 million, down 0.6%, while the Asia Pacific segment fell 1% to $41.4 million in revenue.

For the current year, the company is expecting earnings of between $3.60 and $3.80 a share, short of analyst expectations of $3.96 a share. It is also expecting local currency revenue to grow at least by mid-single-digits, up to double-digit growth.

Write to Elias Schisgall at elias.schisgall@wsj.com

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February 13, 2026 10:46 ET (15:46 GMT)

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