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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | New York, United States | NYSE
87.95 USD +1.10 (1.267%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 83.37 -4.58 (-4.580%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:51 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:42 a.m. EDT

The most critical issue here is the disconnect between the company's financial health and its market price. Despite trading above its key moving averages, the business is generating negative free cash flow and negative return on equity, which are severe warning signs for a long-term hold. The recent decision to cut the dividend in half signals that management is prioritizing survival over shareholder returns, undermining the safety of the income stream. While the stock has recovered significantly from its decade-long lows, the underlying fundamentals remain fragile with earnings growth in double-negative territory. For the short term, the technicals suggest a slight bounce is possible as buyers defend the moving average levels, but the long-term picture is murky. Investors should view this as a high-risk turnaround play rather than a stable compounder, as the market is pricing in a recovery that the current earnings and cash flow data do not yet support.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.039905
MSTL0.051570
AutoETS0.057886
AutoARIMA0.058000

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 4.96
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.058
Excess Kurtosis 0.43
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-17
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-17
Debt to Equity Ratio 44.821
Revenue per Share 42.113
Market Cap 22,453,940,224
Forward P/E 22.23
Beta 0.94
Profit Margins 2.57%
Website https://www.iff.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at lower strikes (55 to 70 range), particularly in November 2026, suggesting a fear of further downside. Meanwhile, call interest remains concentrated near the money and slightly out-of-the-money (85 to 95 strikes), indicating a belief in a rebound to current levels rather than a major breakout. Deep out-of-the-money calls show elevated implied volatility, hinting at speculative hopes for a recovery, but the overall options flow leans toward hedging against volatility rather than aggressive directional bets.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.52% 2.39% 2.46% 2.69%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-18 0.400000 0.521376
2026-03-20 0.400000 0.600420
2025-12-19 0.400000 0.608180
2025-09-29 0.400000 0.656168
2025-06-20 0.400000 0.542814
2025-03-21 0.400000 0.513875
2024-12-20 0.400000 0.466527
2024-09-20 0.400000 0.391275
2024-06-21 0.400000 0.416753
2024-03-21 0.400000 0.480077
2023-12-27 0.810000 0.994964
2023-09-21 0.810000 1.181964
2023-06-22 0.810000 1.048815
2023-03-23 0.810000 0.969944
2022-12-27 0.810000 0.780347
2022-09-22 0.810000 0.829408
2022-06-23 0.790000 0.678869
2022-03-24 0.790000 0.617284
2021-12-27 0.790000 0.544040
2021-09-23 0.790000 0.594477
2021-06-24 0.770000 0.518798
2021-03-25 0.770000 0.552328
2020-12-24 0.770000 0.699618
2020-09-23 0.770000 0.663107
2020-06-24 0.750000 0.614402
2020-03-25 0.750000 0.717223
2019-12-26 0.750000 0.593918
2019-09-20 0.750000 0.624116
2019-06-21 0.730000 0.501133
2019-03-22 0.730000 0.585452
2018-12-27 0.730000 0.551276
2018-09-21 0.730000 0.519721
2018-06-22 0.690000 0.553772
2018-03-23 0.690000 0.520362
2017-12-28 0.690000 0.448722
2017-09-22 0.690000 0.478469
2017-06-22 0.640000 0.473618
2017-03-23 0.640000 0.473828
2016-12-23 0.640000 0.541272
2016-09-22 0.640000 0.451054
2016-06-23 0.560000 0.440148
2016-03-23 0.560000 0.492828
2015-12-23 0.560000 0.467993
2015-09-23 0.560000 0.534810
2015-06-24 0.470000 0.417221
2015-03-25 0.470000 0.401435
2014-12-26 0.470000 0.454370
2014-09-23 0.470000 0.482051
2014-06-24 0.390000 0.378090
2014-03-25 0.390000 0.417738
2013-12-24 0.390000 0.453120
2013-09-24 0.390000 0.471926
2013-06-25 0.340000 0.450152
2013-03-19 0.340000 0.450630
2012-12-19 0.340000 0.508754
2012-09-17 0.340000 0.565724
2012-06-22 0.310000 0.557053
2012-03-19 0.310000 0.542622
2011-12-23 0.310000 0.583474
2011-09-19 0.310000 0.519176
2011-06-20 0.270000 0.436752
2011-03-21 0.270000 0.449550
2010-12-27 0.270000 0.488069
2010-09-20 0.270000 0.551922
2010-06-21 0.250000 0.542888
2010-03-22 0.250000 0.549692
2009-12-17 0.250000 0.612445
2009-09-17 0.250000 0.649013
2009-06-18 0.250000 0.773276
2009-03-18 0.250000 0.859107
2008-12-17 0.250000 0.842886
2008-09-16 0.250000 0.597800
2008-06-17 0.230000 0.563311
2008-03-18 0.230000 0.532901
2007-12-19 0.230000 0.486052
2007-09-18 0.230000 0.447732
2007-06-19 0.210000 0.402916
2007-03-20 0.210000 0.448622
2006-12-19 0.210000 0.428746
2006-09-19 0.185000 0.469186
2006-06-20 0.185000 0.542522
2006-03-17 0.185000 0.531151
2005-12-20 0.185000 0.560097
2005-09-20 0.185000 0.527817
2005-06-21 0.185000 0.502854
2005-03-18 0.175000 0.437391
2004-12-21 0.175000 0.412153
2004-09-21 0.175000 0.465673
2004-06-22 0.175000 0.473229
2004-03-19 0.160000 0.434193
2003-12-19 0.160000 0.472255
2003-09-23 0.160000 0.485732
2003-06-24 0.160000 0.495356
2003-03-24 0.150000 0.489077
2002-12-20 0.150000 0.439883
2002-09-24 0.150000 0.504371
2002-06-24 0.150000 0.458015
2002-03-22 0.150000 0.429676
2001-12-20 0.150000 0.495050
2001-09-24 0.150000 0.589854
2001-06-22 0.150000 0.596421
2001-03-22 0.150000 0.714967
2000-12-20 0.150000 0.805369
2000-09-22 0.380000 1.612732
2000-06-22 0.380000 1.251029
2000-03-22 0.380000 1.136449
1999-12-20 0.380000 1.048276
1999-09-22 0.380000 1.041096
1999-06-23 0.380000 0.907463
1999-03-23 0.380000 1.059233
1998-12-21 0.380000 0.900741
1998-09-23 0.370000 1.064748
1998-06-24 0.370000 0.854257
1998-03-24 0.370000 0.810959
1997-12-19 0.370000 0.758003
1997-09-24 0.360000 0.699878
1997-06-25 0.360000 0.709360
1997-03-21 0.360000 0.804469
1996-12-24 0.360000 0.776280
1996-09-25 0.340000 0.781609
1996-06-25 0.340000 0.712042
1996-03-21 0.340000 0.685139
1995-12-22 0.340000 0.690355
1995-09-25 0.310000 0.664879
1995-06-23 0.310000 0.610837
1995-03-21 0.310000 0.596154
1994-12-21 0.310000 0.666667
1994-09-21 0.270000 0.654545
1994-06-16 0.270000 0.670807
1994-03-16 0.270000 0.750000
1993-12-21 0.270000 0.719201
1993-09-22 0.250000 0.693642
1993-06-17 0.250000 0.653595
1993-03-17 0.250000 0.652174
1992-12-18 0.250000 0.676437
1992-09-22 0.226667 0.643027
1992-06-19 0.226667 0.697437
1992-03-20 0.226667 0.655423
1991-12-19 0.226667 0.713912
1991-09-20 0.200000 0.729483
1991-06-20 0.200000 0.770466
1991-03-20 0.200000 0.754717
1990-12-19 0.200000 0.816327
1990-09-20 0.180000 0.812030
1990-06-20 0.180000 0.776978
1990-03-20 0.180000 0.919149
1989-12-20 0.180000 0.826004
1989-09-21 0.160000 0.731429
1989-06-21 0.160000 0.923077
1989-03-20 0.160000 0.964824
1988-12-19 0.160000 0.982097
1988-09-20 0.133333 0.831167
1988-06-21 0.133333 0.756499
1988-03-21 0.133333 0.792077
1987-12-18 0.133333 0.914283
1987-09-22 0.103333 0.547460
1987-06-17 0.103333 0.649213
1987-03-18 0.103333 0.652629
1986-12-18 0.103333 0.813112
1986-09-18 0.096667 0.770767
1986-06-18 0.096667 0.632155
1986-03-20 0.096667 0.753249
1985-12-19 0.096667 0.778526
1985-09-20 0.093333 0.961370
1985-06-20 0.093333 0.949149
1985-03-20 0.093333 1.037033
1984-12-19 0.093333 1.022827
1984-09-20 0.090000 1.074627
1984-06-11 0.090000 1.074627
1984-03-12 0.090000 1.085427
1983-12-19 0.090000 0.995392
1983-09-20 0.086667 0.803092
1983-06-10 0.086667 0.859507
1983-03-11 0.086667 0.928575
1982-12-20 0.086667 0.932739
1982-09-21 0.086667 1.061229
1982-06-11 0.083333 1.204814
1982-03-12 0.083333 1.388883
1981-12-21 0.083333 1.307184
1981-09-22 0.083333 1.234563
1981-06-15 0.076667 1.051433
1981-03-16 0.076667 1.194810
1980-12-15 0.076667 1.171980
1980-09-15 0.076667 1.000004
1980-06-16 0.076667 1.033712
1980-03-14 0.066667 1.176476
1979-12-17 0.066667 0.924860
1979-09-17 0.066667 0.914290
1979-06-15 0.066667 0.975615
1979-03-15 0.056667 0.743174
1978-12-18 0.056667 0.743174
1978-09-18 0.056667 0.712046
1978-06-14 0.046667 0.543693
1978-03-15 0.046667 0.678793
1977-12-19 0.046667 0.654975
1977-09-15 0.040000 0.521739
1977-06-14 0.040000 0.554913
1977-03-15 0.036667 0.539882
1976-12-17 0.036667 0.520715
1976-09-20 0.030000 0.352941
1976-06-15 0.026667 0.323236
1976-03-16 0.026667 0.316836
1975-12-16 0.026667 0.324877
1975-09-16 0.025000 0.319149
1975-06-17 0.025000 0.241935
1975-03-18 0.025000 0.235294
1974-12-17 0.025000 0.344828
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.6
dividendYield 1.84
exDividendDate 2026-09-18
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.018422568
lastDividendValue 0.4
lastDividendDate 2026-06-18
dividendDate 2026-10-09

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.3050338
Address1 521 West 57th Street
All Time High 157.4
All Time Low 5.541667
Ask 88.84
Ask Size 600
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,268,450
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,832,214
Average Volume 1,832,214
Average Volume10Days 1,268,450
Beta 0.943
Bid 87.02
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 1
Book Value 54.743
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 87.95
Current Ratio 2.061
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 88.64
Day Low 87.08
Debt To Equity 44.821
Display Name International Flavors & Fragrances
Dividend Date 1,791,504,000
Dividend Rate 1.6
Dividend Yield 1.84
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,934,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,934,800
Earnings Growth -0.916
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.917
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 1,911,000,064
Ebitda Margins 0.17726
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.748
Enterprise To Revenue 2.614
Enterprise Value 28,183,439,360
Eps Current Year 3.24232
Eps Forward 3.95577
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -3.13
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,789,689,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 80.1844
Fifty Day Average Change 7.7655945
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0968467
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 30.50338
Fifty Two Week High 89.32
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.3700027
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.015338141
Fifty Two Week Low 59.14
Fifty Two Week Low Change 28.809998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.4871491
Fifty Two Week Range 59.14 - 89.32
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 156,522,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.77
Float Shares 254,448,301
Forward Eps 3.95577
Forward P E 22.233345
Free Cashflow -1,720,999,936
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 21,500
Fullday Change 1.1
Fullday Change Percent 1.26655
Fullday Price 83.37
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.36583
Gross Profits 3,944,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00113
Held Percent Institutions 1.09888
Implied Shares Outstanding 255,303,473
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=65743&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,740,800
Last Dividend Value 0.4
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 759,024,000
Last Split Factor 3:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 22,453,940,224
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_281407
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -791,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 22,159,774,286
Number Of Analyst Opinions 18
Open 87.8
Operating Cashflow 1,160,999,936
Operating Margins 0.08495
Overall Risk 6
Payout Ratio 0.4954
Peg Ratio 1.94
Phone 212 765 5500
Post Market Change -4.579994
Post Market Change Percent -5.207498
Post Market Price 83.37
Post Market Time 1,787,961,082
Previous Close 86.85
Price Eps Current Year 27.125637
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.606598
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.0827327
Profit Margins 0.02569
Quick Ratio 0.491
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.1
Regular Market Change Percent 1.26655
Regular Market Day High 88.64
Regular Market Day Low 87.08
Regular Market Day Range 87.08 - 88.64
Regular Market Open 87.8
Regular Market Previous Close 86.85
Regular Market Price 87.95
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,162,278
Return On Assets 0.0227
Return On Equity -0.05548
Revenue Growth 0.018
Revenue Per Share 42.113
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 255,303,473
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0602
Shares Short 15,359,669
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 15,027,612
Short Name International Flavors & Fragran
Short Percent Of Float 0.082600005
Short Ratio 8.9
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol IFF
Target High Price 105.0
Target Low Price 76.0
Target Mean Price 95.65556
Target Median Price 95.5
Total Cash 569,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.23
Total Debt 6,279,000,064
Total Revenue 10,780,999,680
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.018422568
Trailing Eps -3.13
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.93
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 74.00955
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.940445
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.18836008
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,162,278
Website https://www.iff.com
Zip 10,019-2960