Adjusted EBITDA increased by $3.1 million year-over-year in Q4 but declined $35.5 million for the full year.
Advertising as a percentage of revenue declined 120 basis points to 11.3% in Q4, contributing to a 5% growth in contribution profit and slight margin improvement.
Consolidated Q4 revenue grew 4% on a reported basis and 2% on an organic constant currency basis; full year revenue grew 3% on both reported and constant currency basis.
Currency fluctuations, notably euro strengthening, benefited adjusted EBITDA by $3.6 million in Q4.
Gross margin compressed by 110 basis points in Q4, including a $3 million tariff impact, but gross profit dollars grew year-over-year.
Legacy products such as business cards declined, with Vista's business cards down 6% in Q4, impacting gross margins due to product mix shift.
Tariff impacts primarily affected National Pen and promotional products with Chinese origin; mitigated through pricing and sourcing.
Vista's organic constant currency revenue grew 4% in Q4, driven by promotional products, apparel, gifts, signage, packaging, and labels.
Year-over-year adjusted EBITDA decline driven by non-repeating fiscal '24 benefits and one-time negative items in fiscal '25.
Cash and investments stood at $2.3 billion with total debt of $4.7 billion; net cash from operations was $135 million while capital expenditures were $267 million in the quarter.
FIFO accounting method caused an unfavorable pretax impact of $13 million in PEM compared to LIFO.
HIP segment delivered strong EBITDA of $275 million on sales of $1.1 billion, representing a 24% EBITDA margin, driven by seasonal volume increases and demand in municipal water applications.
Net income improved by $28 million sequentially but decreased by $325 million year-over-year due to higher feedstock and energy costs and lower average sales prices.
PEM segment EBITDA was $52 million, down from prior quarters due to planned and unplanned outages and global oversupply pressures, with sales of $1.8 billion.
Westlake reported second quarter 2025 EBITDA of $340 million on net sales of $3 billion, with a net loss of $12 million or $0.09 per share.