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) Operating margin

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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.15%, up 10.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−3.51%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.4% (fiscal 2023) to 19.5% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 −3.51% (10.18)
FY2024 6.67% 25.05
FY2023 −18.4% (7.72)
FY2022 −10.7% (15.68)
FY2021 5.02% (6.11)
FY2020 11.1% (1.81)
FY2019 12.9% (1.74)
FY2018 14.7% (1.58)
FY2017 16.3% (1.48)
FY2016 17.7% (1.72)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 8.24% 0.15
Jun 2026 8.09% (1.87)
Mar 2026 9.96% 5.55
Dec 2025 4.41% (5.81)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −18.4% High 19.5%
Ten-year median 11.1%
Current reading's percentile 47

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 14.7%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 13.5%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.6%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 11.8%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 10.0%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 8.64%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 7.15%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.81%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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