Despite International Flavors & Fragrances' outperformance relative to the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a cautiously optimistic outlook on the stock’s prospects.

International Flavors & Fragrances’ second quarter results were shaped by volume-driven growth across its core Scent, Taste, and Health & Biosciences divisions. Management emphasized that productivity improvements and a streamlined focus on customer needs were central to the quarter’s performance. CEO Jon Erik Fyrwald stated, “IFF delivered volume growth across the board, disciplined margin execution and robust free cash flow generation, strengthening our financial position.” The company’s dives

Explore International Flavors' (IFF) international revenue trends and how these numbers impact Wall Street's forecasts and what's ahead for the stock.

International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) reported higher second-quarter sales and earnings across its continuing operations, supported by volume growth, productivity gains and improved working capital management, while outlining capital-allocation plans tied to the pending sale of its Food Ingr

IFF delivers 6% sales growth across all segments, announces $2.5 billion buyback, and raises full-year guidance amid portfolio transformation.

IFF misses Q2 earnings estimates as sales rise y/y, while portfolio changes, growth across key segments and a new buyback shape its outlook.

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) released second quarter 2026 results that combined higher sales with sharply lower earnings and fresh full year guidance, giving investors new information on the company’s continuing operations and discontinued businesses. See our latest analysis for International Flavors & Fragrances. The latest quarterly announcement comes after a mixed stretch for International Flavors & Fragrances, with the stock showing an 18.9% year to date share price return but...

International Flavors (IFF) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -28.07% and -27.16%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for International Flavors (IFF) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Flavor and fragrance producer IFF (NYSE:IFF) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 29.3% year on year to $1.95 billion. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $7.5 billion at the midpoint came in 30.2% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.82 per share was 26.6% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

International Flavors & Fragrances has recovered from a sharp pullback over the last five years, with the share price still down 41.1% over that period, while the latest intrinsic value work using a Discounted Cash Flow model points to meaningful upside and the market multiples suggest the stock screens on the expensive side. That split leaves investors weighing a discounted cash flow based view of value against a richer read from earnings based ratios. Over the last five years the stock has...

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Flavor and fragrance producer IFF (NYSE:IFF) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

IFF heads into Q2 earnings release with volume growth and productivity gains in focus as investors weigh cost pressures and mixed segment performance.

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International Flavors (IFF) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

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International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has come under pressure after seven straight daily declines, with the stock down about 10.9% and roughly US$2.3b of market value erased in that stretch. See our latest analysis for International Flavors & Fragrances. Despite the recent 10.9% slide, International Flavors & Fragrances still shows a 10.7% year to date share price return. However, the 1 year total shareholder return of 3.9% and the 5 year total shareholder return decline of 40.6% indicate...

International Flavors & Fragrances has recently faced pressure on its fundamentals, with shrinking revenue, softer demand in key markets, and lower operating margins compared with broader benchmarks. At the same time, insider share purchases, a new buyback program, and the launch of its SENSORA pro-fragrance technology highlight management’s focus on higher-margin, innovation-led growth even as the business is reassessed. We’ll now examine how management’s renewed focus on higher-margin,...

Heartland Advisors, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund”. A copy can be downloaded here. Mid-cap stocks sharply rose in the second quarter, driven by perceived AI beneficiaries, particularly in Technology. The Fund returned 9.90% in the quarter, compared to the Russell Midcap® Value Index’s 13.40% […]

International Flavors & Fragrances will release its second-quarter earnings next month, and analysts anticipate a low single-digit profit dip.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) is one of the 10 High Growth Stocks Insiders Are Buying. On July 1, 2026, Morgan Stanley raised the firm’s price target on International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) to $95 from $93 and kept an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm cited adjusted estimates and higher peer […]