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IFF International Flavors & Fragrances

materials · 2026-10-22

N/A
too hard · 23
Owner-earnings value$30.16
Price$91.03
Margin of safety -66.9%

Quality gate · 23/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 4.5/22
Margins / pricing power 10.7/16
Balance sheet 0.4/16
Cash conversion 3.3/10
Capital allocation 4.4/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic -2% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 4.1x > 4x) · unprofitable in too many years

Median ROIC-2.1%
Gross margin37.5%
Net debt / EBITDA4.1x
Share count / yr+0.1%
Profitable years1/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)536.00M
Owner-earnings yield2.3%
Free-cash-flow yield2.3%
Growth used (normalized)0.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)25.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.3%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1536.00M 0.0%490.29M
2537.79M 0.3%449.98M
3541.37M 0.7%414.36M
4546.79M 1.0%382.81M
5554.08M 1.3%354.84M
6563.31M 1.7%329.99M
7574.58M 2.0%307.89M
8587.98M 2.3%288.21M
9603.66M 2.7%270.66M
10621.77M 3.0%255.01M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~25%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 0%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-22 23 $91.03 $30.16 -66.9% N/A
2026-09-22 23 $83.60 $30.49 -63.5% N/A
2026-08-20 23 $83.33 $31.74 -61.9% N/A
2026-07-20 28 $78.20 $23.57 -69.9% N/A
2026-07-02 28 $81.15 $23.57 -71.0% N/A
2026-06-25 28 $75.83 $23.57 -68.9% N/A
2026-06-23 28 $74.71 $23.57 -68.4% N/A