International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

DB:IFF Stock Report

Market Cap: €20.8b

International Flavors & Fragrances Valuation

Is IFF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IFF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€99.12
Fair Value
18.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: IFF (€81.3) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€99.12)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IFF is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IFF?

Key metric: As IFF is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for IFF. This is calculated by dividing IFF's market cap by their current revenue.
What is IFF's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.9x
SalesUS$11.42b
Market CapUS$21.39b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does IFF's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for IFF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.1x
SY1 Symrise
2.8x5.8%€13.5b
1COV Covestro
0.8x4.1%€10.6b
EVK Evonik Industries
0.5x2.4%€7.7b
WCH Wacker Chemie
0.5x4.8%€3.0b
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances
1.9x0.6%€21.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: IFF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the peer average (1.1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does IFF's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

24 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IFF 1.9xIndustry Avg. 1.0xNo. of Companies24PS012345+
24 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: IFF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IFF's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IFF PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.9x
Fair PS Ratio0.7x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: IFF is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IFF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€81.30
€102.28
+25.8%
11.5%€126.17€74.73n/a21
Jan ’26€80.76
€102.64
+27.1%
11.1%€124.92€73.99n/a21
Dec ’25€85.62
€100.27
+17.1%
10.4%€122.75€72.70n/a20
Nov ’25€91.16
€100.45
+10.2%
11.2%€120.52€71.39n/a20
Oct ’25€93.90
€94.63
+0.8%
11.8%€116.75€69.15n/a22
Sep ’25€92.78
€94.76
+2.1%
11.5%€118.46€70.16n/a22
Aug ’25€92.00
€93.44
+1.6%
13.3%€120.06€64.65n/a22
Jul ’25€89.06
€91.77
+3.0%
13.1%€121.08€65.20n/a23
Jun ’25€87.98
€90.28
+2.6%
13.1%€120.37€64.81n/a22
May ’25€79.88
€83.09
+4.0%
14.9%€121.47€61.67n/a23
Apr ’25€78.90
€80.04
+1.4%
15.6%€121.03€61.45n/a23
Mar ’25€70.30
€77.81
+10.7%
14.9%€120.28€61.06n/a24
Feb ’25€74.60
€77.98
+4.5%
16.5%€120.03€61.86n/a22
Jan ’25€73.70
€72.90
-1.1%
16.4%€117.75€54.35€80.7622
Dec ’24€70.40
€72.60
+3.1%
16.4%€118.34€54.62€85.6222
Nov ’24€64.30
€74.42
+15.7%
18.7%€122.84€53.86€91.1622
Oct ’24€64.20
€77.97
+21.4%
19.4%€123.75€57.11€93.9021
Sep ’24€64.80
€77.01
+18.8%
19.1%€120.29€55.52€92.7822
Aug ’24€76.60
€95.89
+25.2%
16.0%€128.96€66.71€92.0022
Jul ’24€71.40
€102.38
+43.4%
16.7%€133.41€69.01€89.0622
Jun ’24€72.80
€105.82
+45.4%
15.8%€135.17€69.92€87.9821
May ’24€86.20
€104.78
+21.5%
14.7%€131.99€73.73€79.8820
Apr ’24€82.86
€107.00
+29.1%
15.2%€133.68€74.67€78.9020
Mar ’24€87.60
€109.04
+24.5%
15.6%€135.78€76.78€70.3021
Feb ’24€102.98
€114.37
+11.1%
11.9%€137.85€88.22€74.6021
Jan ’24€98.08
€115.61
+17.9%
13.3%€146.23€83.96€73.7021
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 21 Analysts
€102.40
Fair Value
20.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/15 07:07
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/14 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is covered by 45 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Ghansham PanjabiBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research