Basic Materials
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.(IFF)
Live Price
Offline$76.72
+0.88% today
1Y Change
+2.16%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $17.93B
- Revenue Growth
- -5.2%
- EPS Growth
- -253.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.3%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $17.93B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $76.72 and up 2.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -5.2%, EPS growth of -253.7%, a dividend yield of 2.3%. What stands out right now is revenue -5.2%, EPS -253.7%, free cash flow -57.5% with operating margin -2.9% and ROIC -1.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines IFF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-5.2% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-2.9% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -5.2% and EPS is at -253.7%, with operating margin around -2.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +7.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | +17.2% | +10.9% | +3.9% |
2026 Feb 11, 2026 | -3.4% | +5.9% | +6.0% | -9.0% |
2025 Nov 4, 2025 | +2.9% | +4.1% | +6.2% | +9.2% |
Benchmark Edge
IFF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
IFF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
IFF Max Drawdown
-23.12%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for IFF and SPY.
Company Overview
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cosmetic active and natural health ingredients for use in various consumer products in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Greater Asia, North America, and Latin America. It operates through Nourish, Scent, Health & Biosciences, and Pharma Solutions segments. The Nourish segment offers natural and plant-based specialty food ingredients, such as flavor compounds, and savory solutions and inclusions. It also provides natural food protection ingredients consist of natural antioxidants and anti-microbials as well as beverages, sweets , and dairy products. The Scent segment provides fragrance compounds, which include fine fragrances comprising perfumes and colognes, as well as consumer fragrances; fragrance ingredients comprising synthetic and natural ingredients that could be combined with other materials to create fragrance and consumer compounds; and cosmetic active ingredients consisting of active and functional ingredients, botanicals, and delivery systems to support its customers' cosmetic and personal care product lines. The Health & Biosciences segment develops and produces enzymes, food cultures, probiotics, and specialty ingredients. The Pharma Solutions segment produces and sells cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients. The company sells its products primarily to manufacturers of perfumes and cosmetics, hair and other personal care products, soaps and detergents, cleaning products, dairy, meat and other processed foods, beverages, snacks and savory foods, sweet and baked goods, dietary supplements, infant and elderly nutrition, functional food, and pharmaceutical excipients and oral care products. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Leadership
- Jon Erik Fyrwald
- IPO Date
- Dec 17, 1974
- Employees
- 22.4k
- Street Address
- 521 West 57th Street
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10019-2960
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 765 5500
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- 29.7
- Price/Sales
- 1.6
- Price/Book
- 1.3
Growth
- Revenue
- -5.2%
- EPS
- -253.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- -57.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 34.9%
- Operating Margin
- -2.9%
- Net Margin
- -3.2%
- ROE
- -2.5%
- ROIC
- -1.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.47
- Current Ratio
- 1.42
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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