Valuation

IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances

StockNYSEUnited StatesMaterialsEU retail investors: available

−1.5% today · +35.4% over a year

2/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 34% of the instruments we score

Trend: among the best of its peers; Dividend safety: among the weakest; priced higher than most peers (P/E 114.4). Dividend yield 1.92%.

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) valuation against sector peers: P/E 114.4 (sector median 22.9), P/B 1.6, free-cash-flow yield 2.4%, P/S 1.8.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricIFFSector medianvs median
P/E114.422.9 · n=64399% above
P/B1.62.1 · n=8224% below
P/S1.81.2 · n=8245% above
EV/EBIT—19.8 · n=50—
Free-cash-flow yield2.4%3.7% · n=8034% below
Dividend yield1.92%1.33% · n=8945% above
Return on equity1.3%10.3% · n=8487% below
Return on invested capital−1.5%6.4% · n=65124% below
Gross margin35.6%23.9% · n=8349% above
Net debt / EBITDA11.912.41 · n=60394% above

Value factor: 21 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

NEMNewmont13.53.5—8.1%0.9%9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan25.34.114.3—0.9%5/10
SHWSherwin-Williams32.121.6—3.6%1.1%8/10
ECLEcolab41.28.233.92.1%1.0%7/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals—5.0—−0.4%2.3%1/10
CRHCRH plc18.12.615.03.9%1.2%5/10
NUENucor16.12.5—4.6%0.9%9/10
WCNWaste Connections42.26.132.42.6%0.8%6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials16.32.138.32.3%0.6%1/10
VMCVulcan Materials33.44.425.42.1%0.7%5/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 03 Nov 2026