International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF)
Materials · Specialty ingredients and flavoring compounds
Global creator of flavor compounds, fragrance ingredients, food cultures, enzymes and specialty proteins for food, beverage, personal care and home products.
What International Flavors & Fragrances does
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) is a leading creator and manufacturer of products for application in food, beverage, health & biosciences, and scent markets. The company develops and produces flavor compounds, natural taste solutions, specialty food ingredients, enzymes, food cultures, probiotics, fragrance compounds and fragrance ingredients used by manufacturers in dairy, meat, beverages, snacks, baked goods, personal care, soaps, detergents, perfumes, dietary supplements and oral care products. IFF operates five core segments: Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, Scent, and holds global leadership positions across tastes, textures, scents, nutrition, enzymes, cultures, soy proteins and probiotics categories.
Themes: ["Food & beverage ingredients","Natural and clean label products","Fermented foods and probiotics","Fragrance and sensory innovation","Health and nutrition ingredients","Enzymes and biotechnology","Home and personal care","Animal nutrition","Sustainable and natural ingredients","Functional foods"]
Fundamentals
- Price$78.53 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$20.1B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+2.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E23.54 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+7.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+36.4% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+6.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.41 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)-5.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-4.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.95 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.0%; 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Revenue declined 5.6% YoY and the company faced significant goodwill impairment charges in prior periods, indicating challenges in realizing acquisition value and market headwinds in key segments","Geographic concentration and customer exposure: while diverse, the company faces commodity pricing pressures and competition in food & beverage ingredients, as well as volatility in raw material and energy costs","Post-divestiture restructuring risk: the company completed sales of Pharma Solutions and Nitrocellulose disposal groups in May 2025, requiring successful integration of remaining operations and stabilization of revenue streams"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.