Orion Engineered reports Q4 adjusted EPS 17c, consensus 33c

Reports Q4 revenue $468.2M, consensus $421.69M. “The Orion team achieved record fourth quarter and full year results, in-line with our communication last month, yet we are not satisfied. Our results could have even beaten our original guidance if demand had not cooled over the course of 2023. Critically we executed our pricing strategy for the 2024 pricing cycle raising prices modestly from the new base we established last year while gaining additional supply lanes particularly in Europe,” said Corning Painter, Orion’s chief executive officer. “Being an essential material, we expect a gradual recovery of specialty and rubber carbon black demand in 2024, but for it to still lag pre-COVID levels. Most importantly, though, we foresee another year of growth with a clear pathway to achieve our long-term goals.”