International Flavors & Fragran (IFF) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.83
- Estimate
- $0.82
- Surprise
- +1.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $1.94B
- Score today
- 4.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
International Flavors & Fragran (IFF) beat the $0.82 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.83 — a modest 1.8% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-03
- Intl Flavors & Fragrances Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $7.400B-$7.600B to $7.500B-$7.600B vs $7.594B Est — benzinga, 2026-11-03
- Intl Flavors & Fragrances Q3 Adj. EPS $0.83 Beats $0.80 Estimate, Sales $1.942B Beat $1.908B Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-03
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates IFF Sell at 4.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +1.8% surprise compares with a -3.0% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-4.8% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)
- Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $92.18
- Stop
- $88.00
The stock trades at 263.4× trailing but 23.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
IFF at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $23.53B
- P/E (fwd)
- 23.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 263.4
- 52-week range
- $61.30–$95.27
- Off 52-week high
- 3.2%
- RSI (14)
- 59
- Volume vs avg
- 1.31×
- Score today
- 4.4/10