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IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

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94.63 +1.61 +1.74% Close 11/2
Since 2024-12-02 +6.5%
Open
93.25
High
95.27
Low
93.25
Prev close
93.02
Volume
3.2M
Amplitude
2.17%
P/E
86.1
P/B
1.7
Revenue YoY (TTM)
-11.7%
52W 61.30 95.27

Is International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Momentum: Strong, Risk / liquidity: Strong; Valuation: Pricey, Growth: Weak.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but TTM P/E is Expensive.
TTM P/E 86.13 91th percentile Expensive
Price / book 1.7 54th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 2.27 55th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Neutral FCF margin, TTM is Good, but ROE, TTM is Average.
ROE, TTM (%) 2.07 45th percentile Average
Operating margin, TTM (%) 7.78 51th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 5.39 52th percentile Good
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Weak Revenue growth, TTM YoY is Average; Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY is Lagging.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) -11.72 20th percentile Average
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) -169.68 12th percentile Lagging
Momentum Strong All 2 indicators are Top.
60-day return (%) 10.55 86th percentile Top
240-day return (%) 44.35 85th percentile Top
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Strong 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 188,177,000 92th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 20.69 22th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) today

1 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Active · now 85.4%

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
11 historical occurrences (since 2016-08-25)

Average forward return after Top-quintile 6-month momentum

20-day: Win 40%, Sample 10, Median -0.4%, Excess -3.62%, Beat mkt rate 30%

60-day: Win 40%, Sample 10, Median -2.29%, Excess -8.95%, Beat mkt rate 20%

120-day: Win 40%, Sample 10, Median -3.3%, Excess -14.63%, Beat mkt rate 10%

120 days after: historical avg -1.84%

20-day +0.51%
60-day -2.25%
120-day -1.84%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
40%
40%
40%
Sample
10
10
10
Median
-0.4%
-2.29%
-3.3%
Excess
-3.62%
-8.95%
-14.63%
Beat mkt rate
30%
20%
10%

Over 10 occurrences, 120-day forward avg declined 1.84%, lagged the market by 14.63 pts; win rate 40%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 24Insufficient data
20-40 82+19.7% +18.1% 100% -15.9%
40-60 130+19.1% +22% 93.1% -29.6%
60-80 102-8.8% -17.9% 31.4% -80.5%
80-100 You are here352-22.3% -23.6% 7.4% -30.8%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 86.13, placing it in the 83.6 own-history percentile, inside the 80-100 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Insufficient data
(15d)
-3.8%
Win rate 25% Excess -20.8%
48d
Now
-2.1%
Win rate 50.7% Excess -21.3%
294d
60-day momentum down
+20.7%
Win rate 92.3% Excess -6.6%
39d
+7.1%
Win rate 57.7% Excess -15.4%
163d
-11.2%
Win rate 19.6% Excess -19.8%
250d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum up”: across 294 historical days, 120-day forward avg declined 2.1%, win rate 50.7%, lagged the market by 21.3%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

52-week adjusted-price high

Pending

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

16 times historically; 60-day forward avg -2.5%, win rate 53.3%, beating the market by -6.72 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

10 times historically; 60-day forward avg +0.95%, win rate 70%, beating the market by -0.05 pts on average.

EPS surprise beat

Pending

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest

16 times historically; 60-day forward avg +0.05%, win rate 62.5%, beating the market by -2.7 pts on average.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.