International Flavors & Fragran (IFF) Stock Analysis
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $69.91: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.35; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
International Flavors & Fragrances creates and manufactures flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, enzymes, and health ingredients for consumer goods manufacturers worldwide across Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, and Scent segments. Sales were $10.89 billion in... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $69.91: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.35; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomertop-25 largest customers32%10-K Item 1A: 'our 25 largest customers, a majority of which were multinational consumer products companies, collectively accounted for approximately 32% of our sales.'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -6.6% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $69.91: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.4/10 and A.R:R 2.5:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.35; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $66.29. Score 4.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $79.57 (+13.8% upside). Prior stop was $66.29. Stop-loss: $66.29.
Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 4.0), Material insider selling (18 sells, 0.05% of cap).
International Flavors & Fragran trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 14.5). TrendMatrix value score: 7.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
25 analysts cover IFF with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $88.
What does International Flavors & Fragran do?International Flavors & Fragrances creates and manufactures flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, enzymes, and health...
International Flavors & Fragrances creates and manufactures flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, enzymes, and health ingredients for consumer goods manufacturers worldwide across Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences, and Scent segments. Sales were $10.89 billion in 2025; U.S. represents approximately 28% of sales, no single country exceeds 10%, and no single customer exceeds 10% of sales.