Stock · IFF · Basic Materials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1981 · Revenue 12 mo. $9.2B
Price as of 11/06/2026
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food, beverage, health and biosciences, scent, and complementary adjacent products in the United States, and internationally.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food, beverage, health and biosciences, scent, and complementary adjacent products in the United States, and internationally. It operates in through Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, and Scent segments. The Taste segment offers savory products such as soups, sauces, meat, fish, poultry, snacks; beverages consists of juice drinks, carbonated or flavored beverages, spirits; sweets comprising, bakery products, candy, cereal, chewing gum; and dairy products, such as yogurt, ice cream, cheese, and other products, as well as spices and seasoning ingredients for meat, food service, convenience, alternative protein and culinary products. The Food Ingredients segment provides natural, artificial, and plant-based specialty food ingredients; natural antioxidants and anti-microbials used for natural food preservation and shelf-life extension for beverages, cosmetic and healthcare products, pet food and feed additives; and savory solutions, such as spices, marinades, and mixtures, and inclusion products comprising combining flavorings with fruit, vegetables and other natural ingredients, as well as soy and pea protein with value-added formulations, emulsifiers and sweeteners. The Health & Biosciences segment offers enzymes, food cultures, probiotics and specialty ingredients for food and non-food applications, as well as engages in health, food biosciences, home and personal care, animal nutrition and grain processing businesses. The Scent segment creates fragrance compounds, and fragrance ingredients. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Summary
37.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €229.7M (2025), it supports €2.6B. The remaining €16.7B of the market value assume it grows 28.2% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
28.2%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 18.4×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 17.6× to 27.8×, median 19.5×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
3 more unchanged: EBIT margin, FCF margin, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −2.55% | 10.66% | Rank 8 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 13.36% | 14.75% | Rank 46 |
| EBIT margin | 7.73% | 15.82% | Rank 27 |
| FCF margin | 2.35% | 8.70% | Rank 23 |
| Gross margin | 36.16% | 34.18% | Rank 59 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −5.17% | 4.25% | Rank 16 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 0.28% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 13.36% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 5.45% | 9.35% | Rank 24 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | −1.71% | 4.98% | Rank 7 |
| FCF yield | 1.20% | 3.94% | Rank 17 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.52 | 2.36 | Rank 47 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 32.61 | 14.61 | Rank 12 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 21.85% | 8.75% | Rank 70 |
| Share price, 6 months | 2.42% | −1.37% | Rank 60 |
| Share price, 3 months | 1.32% | −1.16% | Rank 62 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −12.69% | −21.97% | Rank 73 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −12.84% | 0.63% | Rank 100 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.00% | −0.01% | Rank 44 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 3 | Rank 35 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −6.65% | 0.05% | Rank 5 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 55.42% | 54.83% | Rank 53 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 7.78 | 1.01 | Rank 4 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.47 | 0.37 | Rank 40 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 36.08% | 37.23% | Rank 54 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.1 | 17.7% | $423.7M | 80.0M | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 16.3% | $261.8M | 79.4M | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 4.0 | 14.7% | $264.2M | 88.1M | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 12.9% | $457.0M | 113M | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 5.1 | 11.1% | $522.3M | 114M | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 11.7 | 5.0% | $1.0B | 243M | 11.5 |
| 2022 | 12.4 | −10.7% | −$161.0M | 255M | 10.5 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | −18.4% | $936.0M | 255M | 10.1 |
| 2024 | 11.5 | 6.7% | $602.0M | 256M | 9.2 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 7.7% | $256.0M | 256M | 6.1 |
1 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
1 of 7 rules met
1 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 26.7 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −2.6% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 55.4% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.47 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Incthis page | |
| DD | Dupont De Nemours Inc | Low3.6 |
| PPG | PPG Industries Inc | Medium5.5 |
| RPM | RPM International Inc | locked |
| ALB | Albemarle Corp | locked |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc | locked |
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