Here's What You May Have Missed About International Flavors & Fragrances(IFF)

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, April 07 12:02 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of International Flavors & Fragrances, a Chemicals company whose shares moved 1.3% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

International Flavors & Fragrances has moved -26.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -8.5%
IFF has an average analyst rating of buy and is -19.94% away from its mean target price of $114.23 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-7.32
International Flavors & Fragrances has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -12.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $5.7 and its forward P/E ratio is 16.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.3 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
International Flavors & Fragrances is part of the Industrials sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.49 and an average P/B of 3.78
The company has a free cash flow of $659,000,000.00, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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 operates through Nourish, Scent, Health & Biosciences, and Pharma Solutions segments. The Nourish segment offers natural and plant-based specialty food ingredients, such as flavor compounds, and savory solutions and inclusions. It also provides natural food protection ingredients consist of natural antioxidants and anti-microbials as well as beverages, sweets , and dairy products. The Scent segment provides fragrance compounds, which include fine fragrances comprising perfumes and colognes, as well as consumer fragrances; fragrance ingredients comprising synthetic and natural ingredients that could be combined with other materials to create fragrance and consumer compounds; and cosmetic active ingredients consisting of active and functional ingredients, botanicals, and delivery systems to support its customers' cosmetic and personal care product lines. The Health & Biosciences segment develops and produces enzymes, food cultures, probiotics, and specialty ingredients. The Pharma Solutions segment produces and sells cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients. The company sells its products primarily to manufacturers of perfumes and cosmetics, hair and other personal care products, soaps and detergents, cleaning products, dairy, meat and other processed foods, beverages, snacks and savory foods, sweet and baked goods, dietary supplements, infant and elderly nutrition, functional food, and pharmaceutical excipients and oral care products. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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