profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
International Flavors & Fragrances
$81.16+0.97% today
+20.4% in 1 year
1-year low $63.251-year high $94.63
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What International Flavors & Fragrances sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $12.4 billion in 2022 to $10.9 billion in 2025, with -$361 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
International Flavors & Fragrances handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$409M
Free cash flow 2025$254M
Bought back its own shares$38M
Paid as dividends$409M
Cash vs. debt$590M vs. $6.4B
International Flavors & Fragrances vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Flavors & Fragrances | No profit yet | ||
 PPG Industries | 17.2× · Fair price | ||
 LyondellBasell Industries | No profit yet | ||
 DuPont de Nemours | No profit yet | ||
 Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile | 26.0× · Fair price |
Compare International Flavors & Fragrances with LyondellBasell Industries
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads International Flavors & Fragrances's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,084 | 11,656 | 12,440 | 11,479 | 11,484 | 10,890 | |
| 2,086 | 3,735 | 4,151 | 3,681 | 4,124 | 3,938 | |
| – | – | 1,053 | 578 | 848 | 842 | |
| 898 | 1,799 | -110 | -996 | 1,628 | 779 | |
| 363 | 270 | -1,868 | -2,591 | 263 | -361 | |
| 3.21 | 1.10 | -7.21 | -10.05 | 0.95 | -1.46 | |
| 41.0% | 32.0% | 33.4% | 32.1% | 35.9% | 36.2% | |
| – | – | 8.5% | 5.0% | 7.4% | 7.7% | |
| 7.1% | 2.3% | -15.0% | -22.6% | 2.3% | -3.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,555 | 39,658 | 35,522 | 30,978 | 28,723 | 25,539 |
| Cash | – | – | 483 | 703 | 469 | 590 |
| Total debt | 4,750 | 12,074 | 11,728 | 10,798 | 9,609 | 6,429 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 17,778 | 16,336 | 14,854 | 11,353 |
| 6,310 | 21,082 | 17,655 | 14,611 | 13,834 | 14,154 | |
| 114 | 243 | 255 | 255 | 256 | 256 | |
| 4.1% | 1.5% | -3.5% | -6.6% | 2.1% | -0.7% | |
| 5.8% | 1.3% | -10.6% | -17.7% | 1.9% | -2.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 714 | 1,437 | 397 | 1,455 | 1,070 | 850 | |
| 192 | 393 | 506 | 503 | 468 | 596 | |
| 522 | 1,044 | -109 | 952 | 602 | 254 | |
| Dividends paid | 323 | 667 | 810 | 826 | 514 | 409 |
| 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| 36 | 54 | 49 | 65 | 77 | 88 |
Valuation
- –
- 18.5×
- –
- 1.3×
- 1.9×
- 80.0×
- 33.6×
- 1.2%
- -1.8%
- 2.2%
Profitability
- 36.2%
- 7.7%
- -3.3%
- 17.9%
- 3.8%
- -3.3%
- 5.9%
- 3.3%
- 4.0%
- 6.5%
Growth
- +16.5%
- –
- −57.5%
- −12.0%
- +1.3%
Financial health
- 2.7×
- 0.41
- 23.1%
- 4.3×
- 1.49
- 0.87
- 0.43
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 33%of 992
Bottom 39%of 962
Top 20%of 956
Bottom 43%of 991
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $87.75
- Range
- $75.00 – $97.00
- 10 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 1.25 | 1.08 | +15.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 0.80 | 0.83 | −3.4% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 1.05 | 1.02 | +2.9% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | 1.15 | 1.12 | +2.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.20 | 1.13 | +6.2% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 0.97 | 0.83 | +16.9% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 1.04 | 1.07 | −2.8% |
| Aug 6, 2024 | 1.16 | 0.99 | +16.7% |
2.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$22a year at today's yield, before tax
−12.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$2.06 in 2015 → $1.60 in 2025
How safe it looks
48.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 161.0%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
24No pass
Benjamin Graham
48No pass
Philip Fisher
34No pass
Peter Lynch
55No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
19No pass
Terry Smith
17No pass
Questions about International Flavors & Fragrances
Is International Flavors & Fragrances a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the International Flavors & Fragrances AI analysis
What does International Flavors & Fragrances do?
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells cosmetic active and natural health ingredients for use in various consumer products in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Greater Asia, North America, and Latin America. It is in Chemicals - Specialty, based in New York, NY, United States, with 21,500 employees.
Does International Flavors & Fragrances pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.2% a year, about 49% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $409 million in dividends.
Is International Flavors & Fragrances stock halal?
Questionable. International Flavors & Fragrances sits in a grey zone: its debt is 32% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has International Flavors & Fragrances stock done over the past year?
Up 20.4% over the past twelve months, to $81.16. It traded between $63.25 and $94.63 and is 14.2% below its high.
Who are International Flavors & Fragrances's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PPG Industries, LyondellBasell Industries, DuPont de Nemours and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with International Flavors & Fragrances's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.