International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) Valuation Check After Colibri Robotics Upgrade in Singapore

How the Colibri rollout ties back to IFF’s stock story

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) just brought its Colibri robot online at the Chin Bee plant in Singapore, sharply cutting fragrance sample times and lifting throughput for regional customers who care about speed.

For shareholders, this is not a headline grabbing earnings event. However, it does inch the narrative toward leaner operations and better asset utilization, important context for a stock still digging out from multi year underperformance.

See our latest analysis for International Flavors & Fragrances.

Despite the Colibri upgrade underscoring IFF’s push for efficiency, the stock’s 1 month share price return of 4.97 percent has not yet reversed a much weaker multiyear total shareholder return trend.

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Yet with shares still down sharply over one and three years, positive earnings momentum, and a near 25 percent implied intrinsic discount, is IFF quietly becoming a value play, or is the market already pricing in its recovery?

Most Popular Narrative: 18.1% Undervalued

With International Flavors & Fragrances last closing at $67.18 against a narrative fair value of $82.08, the current price implies a sizeable recovery gap.

Ongoing investments in R&D and capacity (especially in Health & Biosciences, Taste, and Specialty Fragrance Ingredients) are strengthening the company's innovation pipeline. Management expects these initiatives to accelerate revenue and profit growth beginning in 2026 and reaching full impact by 2027.

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Result: Fair Value of $82.08 (UNDERVALUED)

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However, persistent softness in North America and China, plus ongoing commoditization in fragrance ingredients, could derail the expected 2026 margin and earnings reset.

Find out about the key risks to this International Flavors & Fragrances narrative.

Another View on Valuation

While the narrative fair value implies IFF is 18.1 percent undervalued, its 1.6 times price to sales paints a more complicated picture. That is richer than the US Chemicals industry at 1.1 times, cheaper than peers at 1.9 times, and below a 1.9 times fair ratio, leaving investors weighing value versus execution risk.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Build Your Own International Flavors & Fragrances Narrative

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