About International Flavors & Fragran
International Flavors & Fragran (IFF) is a Basic Materials company in the Industrial Organic Chemicals industry with a market capitalisation of $21.9B. The stock trades at 78.32x trailing earnings and yields 2.34%.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Industrial Organic Chemicals
- Market cap
- $21.9B
- P/E ratio
- 78.32
- EPS (TTM)
- $-1.41
- Revenue (TTM)
- $10.9B
- Free cash flow
- $256M
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Dividend yield
- 2.34%
- Shares outstanding
- 255.1M
Financial health: Weak3.3/10
2 strengths, 5 concerns. Weakest points: net debt vs cash flow, return on equity, net margin and 2 more.
- Debt to equity: 0.42 (Strong, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 0.42x equity is conservative against the 0.5x benchmark. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: 21.1y (Concern, benchmark < 4 years) — Net debt of $5.4B is 21.1x annual free cash flow — about 21 years of cash flow to repay.
- Current ratio: 1.42 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.42x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 2.1% (Concern, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 2.1% on shareholder equity, well short of the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 36.2% (Watch, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 36.2% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, short of the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 2.9% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 2.9% of revenue into profit, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $256.0M (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $256.0M of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: -5.2% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed -5.2% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: -91.6% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed -91.6% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.