Sensient Technologies (NYSE: SXT) reported earnings on July 25. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Sensient Technologies met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew slightly. Non-GAAP earnings per share increased slightly. GAAP earnings per share dropped.

Margins shrank across the board.

Revenue details
 Sensient Technologies reported revenue of $378.8 million. The two analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected to see sales of $379.6 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 3.0% higher than the prior-year quarter's $367.8 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.74. The three earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $0.72 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.74 for Q2 were 2.8% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.72 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.65 for Q2 were 7.1% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.70 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 32.4%, 20 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 14.6%, 20 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 8.5%, 100 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $387.2 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.72.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.50 billion. The average EPS estimate is $2.70.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 74 members out of 79 rating the stock outperform, and five members rating it underperform. Among 28 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 27 give Sensient Technologies a green thumbs-up, and one give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Sensient Technologies is hold, with an average price target of $47.00.

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