International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) earnings on August 4, 2026
More International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
The company missed profit and sales targets, but the stock rose 8.8% after announcing a $2.5 billion share buyback plan.
IFF price around the earnings
88.07
Change: +8.9%
2026-08-05, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
- Results released
Pre-release: Portfolio sale and analyst upgrades positive, but trajectory collapsed sharply and technicals deteriorated into earnings.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Sharp collapse from +56.9 to -41.2; negative trend strength and RS into earnings.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.65
- Analysts covering the stock
- 18
- Average price target
- 91.54
- Lowest price target
- 71
- Highest price target
- 105
- Upside to price target
- 13.5%
- Revenue growth
- -3.6%
- Forward EPS
- 4.8
- Trailing EPS
- 3.23
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 4
- Strong buy: 5
- Buy: 11
- Hold: 4
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 5
- Buy
- 11
- Hold
- 4
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 1, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 30, 2026 · Argus Research: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 24, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- June 9, 2026 · Benchmark: Initiates coverage (Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- High
- Normalized volume
- 99%
News
Sources (1)
Technicals
Evidence
- Price when the context was analyzed
- 80.63
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.6%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -3.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +4.3%
- 30-day change (32d)
- -3.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- -5.5%
- SPY change (32d)
- +1.7%
- Nearest support
- 80.14
- Distance to nearest support
- 0.6%
- Nearest resistance
- 80.89
- Distance to nearest resistance
- 0.3%
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.86
- Mid: 80.14 (0.6% away, 0.23 ATR, 19 touches)
- Major: 79.72 (1.1% away, 0.43 ATR, 31 touches)
- Major: 78.95 (2.1% away, 0.8 ATR, 22 touches)
- Mid: 80.89 (0.3% away, 0.13 ATR, 10 touches)
- Major: 81.7 (1.3% away, 0.51 ATR, 27 touches)
- Mid: 82.2 (2% away, 0.75 ATR, 15 touches)
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +4.6%
- May 5, 2026: actual EPS 1.25 vs estimate 1.07 (surprise +16.5%)
- February 11, 2026: actual EPS 0.8 vs estimate 0.83 (surprise -3.8%)
- November 4, 2025: actual EPS 1.05 vs estimate 1.02 (surprise +3.3%)
- August 5, 2025: actual EPS 1.15 vs estimate 1.12 (surprise +2.5%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +2.4%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 5.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 6.8%
- 90th percentile move
- 17.3%
- Up / down moves
- 8 / 12
- Average up move
- +5.9%
- Average down move
- -7.9%
Monitoring and close
What International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 1.12 |
| EPS surprise | -49.1% |
| Revenue | $1,954 million |
| Revenue estimate | $2,685 million |
| Revenue surprise | -27.2% |
IFF reported Q2 results that missed expectations and cut its full-year sales guidance by about 30%, now expecting $7.4B-$7.6B versus prior $10.5B-$10.8B.
Sources (4)
- International Flavors (IFF) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE:IFF) Misses Q2 CY2026 Sales Expectations and Lowers CY Guidance (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) Stock Looks Cheap On Cash Flow Yet Rich On Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Simply Wall St.
- IFF reported adjusted earnings of $0.57 per share, missing the $1.12 estimate. Revenue came in at $1.954B, also below the expected $2.685B. — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Missed expectations
Heading into the open, results came in below expectations on both earnings and revenue. The figures confirm the pessimistic scenario. Based on the figures alone (no pre-open price): across our market history, in the 8,040 similar cases the close followed that direction 57% of the time.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +8.8%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 2.3%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 10.4%