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

86.57 1.10 −1.25%
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) Gross margin

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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 36.5%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (36.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 32.0% (fiscal 2021) to 44.8% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 36.2% 0.25
FY2024 35.9% 3.84
FY2023 32.1% (1.30)
FY2022 33.4% 1.33
FY2021 32.0% (8.99)
FY2020 41.0% (0.08)
FY2019 41.1% (1.20)
FY2018 42.3% (1.01)
FY2017 43.3% (1.46)
FY2016 44.8% 0.07

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 42.5% (1.17)
Jun 2026 43.7% 6.51
Mar 2026 37.1% 7.09
Dec 2025 30.1% (12.70)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 32.0% High 44.8%
Ten-year median 41.0%
Current reading's percentile 49

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 41.2%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 40.9%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 36.5%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 35.5%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 25.8%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 14.3%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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