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International Flavors & Fragrances
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- Russell 1000
What International Flavors & Fragrances is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $10.8 billion, up 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.54 billion, down 5.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.62 billion, up 15% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.04 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 5, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 2 outlook figures raised, 2 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 27, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 7 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $1.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 756 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+51 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 21 (38 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 2 — latest OSHA inspection, Feb 27, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What International Flavors & Fragrances is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Expanding
- Capital spending63rd pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings91st pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications62nd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment28th pct
- Call confidence49th pct
- Guidance changes45th pct
- Risk factors added76th pct
- Insider open-market trades59th pct
- − Call sentiment
- + Risk factors added
- − Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver77th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →International Flavors & Fragrances's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$5.7B
- Due within a year $1.0B
- Longer term $4.7B
- Default point $3.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Sep 15, 2026Patent
- Sep 1, 2026Patent
- Aug 25, 2026Patent
- Aug 18, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 23, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 1, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 6, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- May 5, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- May 4, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 27, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD)first_quarter 2026
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FORWARD GLOBAL)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Feb 27, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 7 removed
- Feb 27, 2026Risk event
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jan 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FORWARD GLOBAL)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Nov 25, 2025Risk eventWage and Hour case: International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., back wages agreed$0.0 million
- Oct 22, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 7, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 30, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 9, 2025Risk event
- Jun 9, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 7, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Mar 13, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 28, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 4 removed
- Feb 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 19, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 10, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 28, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 2 removed
Peers
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| Sherwin-Williams SHW | $24.4B | $3.2B | Jun 30, 2026 |
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| NewMarket NEU | $2.7B | $0.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |