Trinseo PLC operates as a specialty material solutions provider in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in six segments: Engineered Materials, Latex Binders, Base Plastics, Polystyrene, Feedstocks, and Americas Styrenics. The Engineered Materials segment offers rigid thermoplastic compounds and blends, soft thermoplastic, continuous cast, cell cast, and extruded PMMA sheets and resins for consumer electronics, medical, footwear, automotive, and building and construction application; and produces activated methyl methacrylates. The Latex Binders segment provides styrene-butadiene latex, and other latex polymers and binders primarily for coated paper and packaging board, carpet, and artificial turf backings, as well as the adhesive, building and construction, and technical textile paper market. The Base Plastics segment offers acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, polycarbonate, and compounds and blends for automotive and other applications. The Polystyrene segment provides general purpose polystyrenes and high impact polystyrene for use in appliances, food packaging and food service disposables, consumer electronics, and building and construction materials. The Feedstocks segment offers styrene monomer, a basic building block of plastics. The Americas Styrenics segment provides styrene and polystyrene. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

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International Flavors (IFF) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.20 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.13 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 7.14%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this ingredients producer for food, cosmetics and consumer products industries would post earnings of $0.78 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.97, delivering a surprise of 24.36%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
International Flavors, which belongs to the Zacks Chemical - Specialty industry, posted revenues of $2.84 billion for the quarter ended March 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 0.29%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.9 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates four times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
International Flavors shares have lost about 6.4% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of -3.9%.
What's Next for International Flavors?
While International Flavors has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for International Flavors: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $1.17 on $2.88 billion in revenues for the coming quarter and $4.20 on $10.96 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Chemical - Specialty is currently in the bottom 39% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, Trinseo (TSE), is yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2025. The results are expected to be released on May 7.
This plastics and latex maker is expected to post quarterly loss of $1.40 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +27.8%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Trinseo's revenues are expected to be $980.01 million, up 8.4% from the year-ago quarter.
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International Flavors (IFF) Beats Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Trinseo (TSE) came out with a quarterly loss of $1.94 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $2.07. This compares to loss of $1.01 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 6.28%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this plastics and latex maker would post a loss of $1.51 per share when it actually produced a loss of $2.99, delivering a surprise of -98.01%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times.
Trinseo, which belongs to the Zacks Rubber - Plastics industry, posted revenues of $904 million for the quarter ended March 2024, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.68%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $996.3 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Trinseo shares have lost about 61.9% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 8.8%.
What's Next for Trinseo?
While Trinseo has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Trinseo: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is -$0.83 on $912.03 million in revenues for the coming quarter and -$4.91 on $3.56 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Rubber - Plastics is currently in the bottom 27% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Vertex Energy (VTNR), another stock in the broader Zacks Industrial Products sector, has yet to report results for the quarter ended March 2024. The results are expected to be released on May 9.
This environmental services company is expected to post quarterly loss of $0.17 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +70.7%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 3.1% higher over the last 30 days to the current level.
Vertex Energy's revenues are expected to be $672.52 million, down 2.7% from the year-ago quarter.
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Trinseo (TSE) Reports Q1 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates

(RTTNews) - The following are some of the stocks making big moves in Thursday's pre-market trading (as of 07.15 A.M. ET).
In the Green
Capri Holdings Limited (CPRI) is up over 58% at $54.81. Redwoods Acquisition Corp. (RWOD) is up over 29% at $13.63. AppLovin Corporation (APP) is up over 24% at $36.50. Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. (VTGN) is up over 20% at $8.50. Cohen & Company Inc. (COHN) is up over 17% at $9.00. InflaRx N.V. (IFRX) is up over 17% at $4.30. Valens Semiconductor Ltd. (VLN) is up over 13% at $2.82. Starbox Group Holdings Ltd. (STBX) is up over 9% at $3.73. LiveWire Group, Inc. (LVWR) is up over 8% at $13.00. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU) is up over 7% at $17.00. Trinseo PLC (TSE) is up over 5% at $15.01. Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp. (ACAQ) is up over 5% at $11.87.
In the Red
Origin Materials, Inc. (ORGN) is down over 53% at $2.02. Organogenesis Holdings Inc. (ORGO) is down over 32% at $2.28. Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (INVZ) is down over 17% at $2.60. PAR Technology Corporation (PAR) is down over 15% at $30.25. Magnite, Inc. (MGNI) is down over 14% at $10.55. TaskUs, Inc. (TASK) is down over 14% at $10.20. Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) is down over 9% at $9.73. Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) is down over 5% at $174.70. Flywire Corporation (FLYW) is down over 5% at $32.15. Informatica Inc. (INFA) is down over 5% at $19.04.
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