International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

IFF Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Revenue
+3.91%
EPS
−235.9%
Free cash flow
−123.3%
Total debt
+32.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

83.53 2.83 −3.28%
Market cap
$21.6B
P/E
121×
Fwd P/E
60.3×
Dividend yield
1.85%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.18
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
0/100

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) Debt to equity

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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.5×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.3× (fiscal 2025) to 1.0× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.3× (38.74%)
FY2024 0.5× (13.07%)
FY2023 0.6× 6.97%
FY2022 0.6× 15.02%
FY2021 0.5× (14.70%)
FY2020 0.6× (6.84%)
FY2019 0.6× (13.90%)
FY2018 0.7× (22.86%)
FY2017 1.0× 47.71%
FY2016 0.7× 11.55%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.5× 16.03%
Jun 2026 0.4× 21.51%
Mar 2026 0.3× (20.74%)
Dec 2025 0.4× 27.15%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.3× High 1.0×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 9

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 0.2×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 0.2×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 0.5×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 0.6×
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.7×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 0.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 0.8×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 1.1×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 1.3×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.6×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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