International Flavors & Fragran (IFF) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Sell if holding. At $73.70, A.R:R 1.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6); Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1.
International Flavors & Fragrances is a global ingredient solutions provider with $10.890B in 2025 sales across five segments: Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, Scent, and (divested) Pharma Solutions. It sells flavors, texturizers, enzymes, probiotics, and... Read more
Sell if holding. At $73.70, A.R:R 1.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6); Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — International Flavors & Fragran
Latest news
- Barclays Maintains Overweight on Intl Flavors & Fragrances, Raises Price Target to $90 — benzinga May 8, 2026 positive
- Citigroup Maintains Buy on Intl Flavors & Fragrances, Raises Price Target to $96 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Intl Flavors & Fragrances, Raises Price Target to $92 — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
- Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform on Intl Flavors & Fragrances, Raises Price Target to $90 — benzinga May 7, 2026 neutral
- S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Smash Records As AMD Jumps 16% On AI Hype: Stock Market Today — benzinga May 6, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T21:56:22Z.
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -3.6% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. At $73.70, A.R:R 1.4:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6); Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $68.54. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $82.42 (+11.8% upside). Prior stop was $68.54. Stop-loss: $68.54.
V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.6); Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1; Weak overall score: 4.8/10.
International Flavors & Fragran trades at a P/E of 22.8 (forward 15.3). TrendMatrix value score: 6.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover IFF with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $92.
What does International Flavors & Fragran do?International Flavors & Fragrances is a global ingredient solutions provider with $10.890B in 2025 sales across five...
International Flavors & Fragrances is a global ingredient solutions provider with $10.890B in 2025 sales across five segments: Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, Scent, and (divested) Pharma Solutions. It sells flavors, texturizers, enzymes, probiotics, and fragrances to food, beverage, personal care, and other manufacturers; no single customer exceeded 10% of 2025 sales and US represented approximately 28% of revenue. The company has approximately 21,500 employees and about 170 manufacturing facilities in 30 countries.