International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

IFF Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.82%, EPS fell 91.6%, free cash flow grew 94.5% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

90.68 0.39 +0.43%
Market cap
$23.0B
P/E
83.2×
Fwd P/E
29.3×
Dividend yield
1.76%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.18
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
0/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 32.48
Total sells 1.32
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 1 — — 2 — — 1 — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — 3 — —
Insider Ownership 1.78%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 23,040.00
Revenue 10,823.00
Net Income 280.00
Free Cash Flow 557.00
Net Debt 5,130.00
Current Ratio 2.06 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.41 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 83.19 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 29.30
P/S ratio 2.14
P/B ratio 1.65
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (21.13%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 16.54% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth (30.32%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 2.55%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 86.43%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 32.29%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 41.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 22.23%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 72.28%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.47
Annual Dividend Rate 1.60
Annual Dividend Yield 1.76%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.61
0.40
0.40
0.40
2025 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2024 1.60
0.40
0.40
0.40
0.40
2023 3.24
0.81
0.81
0.81
0.81
2022 3.20
0.79
0.79
0.81
0.81
2021 3.12
0.77
0.77
0.79
0.79
2020 3.04
0.75
0.75
0.77
0.77
2019 2.96
0.73
0.73
0.75
0.75
2018 2.84
0.69
0.69
0.73
0.73
2017 2.66
0.64
0.64
0.69
0.69
2016 2.40
0.56
0.56
0.64
0.64
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 709 469 590 569
Receivables 1,726 1,624 1,731 1,424
Inventory 2,477 2,133 2,245 1,505
Other 506 3,056 151 44
6,293 7,968 5,594 9,088
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,378 1,283 1,287 1,064
ST’ Debt — — — 964
Other 1,023 1,134 963 894
3,758 4,352 3,933 4,410

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 13.67% 16.46% (4.34%)
Cash Flow 6.16% 3.55% 28.89%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 24.43% 17.54% (7.09%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,741 1,954 — — —
’25 2,843 1,919 2,694 3,434 10,890
’24 2,899 2,889 2,925 2,771 11,484
’23 3,027 2,929 2,820 2,703 11,479
’22 3,226 3,307 3,063 2,844 12,440
’21 2,465 3,089 3,071 3,031 11,656
’20 1,347 1,199 1,268 1,270 5,084
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 257 422 — — —
’25 127 241 164 318 850
’24 99 237 345 389 1,070
’23 127 248 420 660 1,455
’22 (4) (47) 240 208 397
’21 358 340 428 311 1,437
’20 17 191 207 299 714
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 92 284 — — —
’25 (52) 146 30 151 275
’24 (16) 168 239 232 623
’23 (41) 147 321 552 979
’22 (136) (149) 129 55 (101)
’21 266 269 358 165 1,058
’20 (28) 157 180 230 539
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.66 0.20 — — —
’25 (3.98) 2.38 0.16 0.07 (1.46)
’24 0.23 0.66 0.23 (0.10) 0.95
’23 (0.04) 0.11 0.10 (10.21) (10.05)
’22 0.96 0.43 (8.62) (0.09) (7.21)
’21 (0.21) 0.11 0.76 0.35 1.10
’20 1.15 0.74 0.75 0.57 3.21
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 97.24 113.16 122.11 104.86 92.14 103.94 83.14 62.11 72.94 59.14

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 143.64 156.64 157.40 152.95 143.87 157.08 151.86 118.34 106.77 88.09
People
People Employees 6,900 7,300 13,000 13,600 13,700 24,000 24,600 21,500 3,400 21,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.45 0.47 0.31 0.38 0.37 0.49 0.51 0.53 3.38 0.51
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,116 3,399 3,978 5,140 5,084 11,656 12,440 11,479 11,484 10,890
Gross margin, % 44.78 43.32 42.31 41.11 41.03 32.04 33.37 32.07 35.91 36.16
EBT 524 537 448 557 441 354 (1,625) (2,518) 308 (412)
EBT margin, % 16.81 15.80 11.26 10.84 8.67 3.04 (13.06) (21.94) 2.68 (3.78)
Net income 405 296 340 460 367 279 (1,864) (2,587) 267 (359)
Depreciation 102 118 174 323 325 1,156 1,179 1,142 1,015 962
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 39.13 42.98 45.43 45.89 45.39 47.97 48.78 45.02 44.86 42.54
Earnings 5.07 3.73 3.81 4.05 3.25 1.11 (7.21) (10.05) 0.95 (1.46)
Cash flow 6.91 4.94 5.00 6.24 6.38 5.91 1.56 5.71 4.18 3.32
Capex (1.50) (1.43) (1.89) (1.79) (1.56) (1.56) (1.95) (1.87) (1.75) (2.25)
Free cash flow 5.41 3.51 3.11 4.46 4.81 4.35 (0.40) 3.84 2.43 1.07
Book value 20.48 21.36 69.03 55.62 56.45 86.90 69.35 57.42 54.18 55.41
Shares, m 80 79 88 112 112 243 255 255 256 256
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.11 41.44 32.35 31.94 33.59 149.16 0.00 0.00 82.18 0.00
P/S 2.99 3.60 2.96 2.81 2.40 3.14 2.17 1.81 1.88 1.58
P/B 5.72 7.23 1.95 2.32 1.93 1.73 1.52 1.42 1.56 1.22
EV/Sales 3.23 3.97 3.92 3.55 3.15 4.07 3.02 2.65 2.61 2.08
EV/FCF 23.40 48.52 56.63 36.14 30.19 44.81 (371.35) 31.12 48.10 82.38
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 550 391 438 699 714 1,437 397 1,455 1,070 850
Capex (120) (113) (165) (200) (175) (379) (498) (476) (447) (575)
Free cash flow 431 278 272 499 539 1,058 (101) 979 623 275
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 711 1,128 1,814 1,390 1,156 3,354 3,704 2,535 3,616 1,661
Total debt 1,067 1,632 4,504 3,997 3,779 10,768 10,373 9,186 7,564 4,740
Net debt 743 1,264 3,856 3,373 3,122 10,053 9,880 8,477 7,095 4,150
Shareholders’ equity 1,631 1,689 6,043 6,230 6,322 21,117 17,685 14,642 13,869 14,186
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.49 6.86 3.86 3.48 2.70 1.01 (4.98) (7.79) 0.88 (1.33)
ROIC 14.56 11.69 3.69 4.33 3.75 1.17 (3.01) (5.70) 2.28 (1.30)
ROE 25.11 17.81 8.72 7.43 5.78 1.97 (9.64) (16.03) 1.84 (2.57)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $24.0B 15.3× 15.5× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −1.01% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.67% (above 0%: growing) 40.22% 14.15% Compare
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. $23.0B 83.2× 29.3× +1.82% (above 0%: growing) −91.63% (below 0%: shrinking) +94.52% (above 0%: growing) 43.65% 8.09%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $20.2B — (loss-making) 6.4× +19.84% (above 0%: growing) +388.57% (above 0%: growing) +356.38% (above 0%: growing) 22.21% 16.81% Compare
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $17.8B 290× 26.5× +4.00% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) +1,250.00% (above 0%: growing) 35.13% 16.38% Compare
RPM RPM International Inc. $12.8B 18.4× 18.3× +4.82% (above 0%: growing) +13.75% (above 0%: growing) +33.14% (above 0%: growing) 41.25% 15.99% Compare
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11.6B 199× 14.9× +31.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +708.43% (above 0%: growing) 33.86% 25.98% Compare
SSL Sasol Ltd. $10.1B 3.5× 5.2× −5.20% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.86% (above 0%: growing) +6,912.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.35% 0.00% Compare
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.5B 27.4× 27.8× +11.13% (above 0%: growing) −14.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +70.83% (above 0%: growing) 32.23% 17.16% Compare
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $8.7B 47.4× 33.3× +56.41% (above 0%: growing) +60.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.19% (above 0%: growing) 34.15% 11.63% Compare
Median of peers $12.2B 27.4× 16.9× +9.14% +20.86% +213.61% 34.01% 16.19%

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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) key facts

  • International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, IFF traded at $90.68, a market capitalization of $23.0 billion.
  • International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share, a yield of 1.76%, with a payout ratio of 146.8%.
  • Return on equity was −2.57% and debt-to-equity 0.41.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.18 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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