Overview
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. is a United States-based company primarily engaged in the creation and manufacturing of flavors and fragrances used in a wide array of consumer products. The core industry sectors it serves include food and beverages, perfumes, and personal care and household products. The company plays a vital role in developing sensory experiences through its extensive portfolio of aromatic and taste compounds. Key projects often focus on sustainable and innovative practices, involving bio-based ingredients and green chemistry principles, reflecting the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability and technological advancement in the flavors and fragrances sector. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. strives to blend unique sensory talents with cutting-edge science to concoct distinctive and appealing products.
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Basic Stats
The share price of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Unit (1Prpd Stk Pur contrct & 1 Note) as of September 14, 2021 is $47.56 / share.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Unit (1Prpd Stk Pur contrct & 1 Note) from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
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Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Unit (1Prpd Stk Pur contrct & 1 Note) is $144.63. The forecasts range from a low of $106.05 to a high of $186.90. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
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| 2025-03-12 | 2026-03-12 | 186.90 | 106.05 | 147.90 | 144.63 |
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Unit (1Prpd Stk Pur contrct & 1 Note). An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
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| 2025-08-08 | Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-08-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-03-27 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-10 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-05-07 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-04-15 | Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-08 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-09 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-09 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-08-09 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2023-08-09 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-08-08 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-08 | Stifel | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2023-07-18 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-07-18 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-07-03 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-30 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-06-14 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2023-05-26 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-05-18 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-05-11 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2023-05-09 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-05 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-29 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-20 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-13 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-10 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-10 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-10 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-10 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-10 | Mizuho | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-09 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-09 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-25 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-12 | Mizuho | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-11 | B of A Securities | Buy | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2023-01-11 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-15 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-12 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-08 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | Baird | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | Mizuho | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | Societe Generale | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-11-09 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-11-08 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-18 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-18 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-17 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-26 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-11 | Citigroup | Neutral | Reiterate | |
| 2022-08-11 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-11 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-10 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-13 | B of A Securities | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-27 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2022-06-16 | Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2022-05-12 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-11 | Mizuho | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-11 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-18 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-24 | Berenberg | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2022-02-14 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-14 | Barclays | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-26 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2022-01-13 | Jefferies | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2022-01-04 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-13 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-11-12 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-11-10 | Mizuho | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2021-11-10 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-13 | Mizuho | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2021-08-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-06-28 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-13 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-05-12 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-12 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Reiterate | |
| 2021-03-25 | Berenberg | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-02-20 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-02-20 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-20 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-02-20 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-03 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-01-28 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-01-17 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-07 | Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-12-18 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-11-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-11-07 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-11-07 | Vertical Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-11-06 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-10-24 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-11 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-09-11 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-09-06 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-09-03 | Mizuho | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2024-08-15 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-08-08 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-08-08 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-08-07 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-07-22 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-07-12 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-09 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-07-03 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-06-07 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2024-05-21 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2024-05-10 | B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-05-08 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-05-08 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-05-08 | Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-05-07 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-05-07 | Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-12 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-04-10 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-04 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-27 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-03-20 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-03-20 | Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-03-08 | Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2024-03-01 | Wolfe Research | Underperform | Initiate | |
| 2024-02-26 | Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-23 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-22 | Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-02-22 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-02-21 | Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-02-21 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-01-22 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-01-12 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2024-01-12 | Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-01-11 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-12-20 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2023-12-06 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-11-28 | Argus Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2023-11-13 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2023-11-08 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2023-11-07 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2023-10-12 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2023-10-12 | Redburn Atlantic | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2023-09-14 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Reiterate |
| 2023-08-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2023-08-10 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-08-10 | Barclays | Underweight | Underweight | Maintains |
| 2021-03-11 | Jefferies | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2021-02-12 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-12 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2021-01-12 | Societe Generale | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-11-12 | Societe Generale | Sell | Hold | Upgrade |
| 2020-10-09 | B of A Securities | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2020-08-26 | Baird | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2020-08-12 | Stifel | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-07-10 | Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2020-06-22 | Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2020-05-13 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-13 | CFRA | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-12 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-29 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-09 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-08 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-04-06 | Exane BNP Paribas | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2020-02-14 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-17 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-16 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-12 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-06 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-11-22 | Citi | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-11-06 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-11-06 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-16 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2019-10-09 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-02 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-09-10 | Societe Generale | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2019-08-08 | Berenberg | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2019-08-08 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-07 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2019-06-07 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-07 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2019-03-21 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-02-25 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2019-02-21 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-11-16 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2018-11-16 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2018-10-16 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-08-09 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-06-11 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-06-08 | Argus | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2018-05-08 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2018-05-08 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-05-08 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-03-16 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2018-02-16 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-15 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2018-01-17 | Evercore ISI Group | In-Line | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2017-11-08 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-11-07 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-16 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2017-08-10 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2017-07-07 | Raymond James | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2017-02-23 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-02-14 | Evercore ISI Group | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2017-01-09 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2017-01-06 | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-11-21 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2016-08-16 | Argus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-08-10 | Gabelli & Co. | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-08-09 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-07-20 | Berenberg | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-07-20 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2016-03-14 | KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-11 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-11 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-01-25 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2015-09-15 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-08-21 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2015-08-11 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-06-03 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-05-19 | Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2015-05-13 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-04-09 | Edward Jones | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-23 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-26 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-13 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-13 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-13 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-08-13 | Argus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-08-06 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-16 | KeyBanc | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-06-20 | UBS | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2014-05-09 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-05-07 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-05-07 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-02-14 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-12-03 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2013-11-25 | Janney Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-07-01 | KeyBanc | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-20 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-08 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-07 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2013-03-21 | Argus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-02-08 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-08-09 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2025-05-13 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-10 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-09 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-14 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-22 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-06-04 | Tigress Financial | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2025-08-06 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-08-26 | Tigress Financial | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-05-08 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-05-08 | Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-05-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
