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International Flavors & Fragrances key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, International Flavors & Fragrances had return on equity of -2.6%, an operating margin of -3.5%, debt equal to 44.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.42. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin———41.7%43.5%44.1%44.7%44.8%43.3%42.3%41.1%41.0%32.0%33.4%32.1%35.9%36.2%37.5%
Operating margin14.6%15.9%15.3%17.2%17.5%19.2%19.5%17.7%16.3%14.7%12.9%11.1%5.0%−10.7%−18.4%6.7%−3.5%7.6%
Net margin8.4%10.0%9.6%9.0%12.0%13.4%13.9%13.0%8.7%8.5%8.9%7.1%2.3%−15.0%−22.6%2.3%−3.3%2.9%
Free-cash-flow margin9.7%8.0%2.2%7.0%9.3%12.1%12.1%13.6%7.7%6.7%9.0%10.3%9.0%−0.9%8.3%5.3%2.4%5.4%
Return on equity25.4%29.8%25.4%21.6%26.1%27.8%27.0%25.2%17.9%8.8%7.4%5.8%2.0%−9.7%−16.1%1.8%−2.6%2.1%
Return on assets7.4%9.6%9.1%8.2%10.7%12.1%11.7%10.5%6.9%3.9%3.5%2.7%1.0%−5.0%−7.8%0.9%−1.3%1.1%
Asset turnover0.880.950.960.910.900.900.840.810.790.450.390.380.440.330.350.380.400.39
Current ratio2.332.002.332.502.953.301.981.792.472.611.901.611.921.991.671.831.422.06
Debt to equity131.5%92.2%81.0%82.6%63.8%62.1%67.1%81.5%97.3%76.2%71.0%70.4%55.6%63.2%68.9%64.9%44.6%41.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)5.5x8.5x9.6x11.7x11.0x12.9x12.8x10.4x8.5x4.4x4.8x4.3x2.0xn/mn/m2.5xn/m4.0x
Effective tax rate29.3%26.7%28.6%42.7%27.1%24.5%22.2%22.7%44.9%24.1%17.4%16.8%21.2%——13.3%—21.7%
R&D as % of revenue7.9%8.3%7.9%8.3%8.8%8.2%8.1%8.3%8.7%7.8%6.7%7.0%5.4%4.8%5.5%5.8%6.4%6.9%
SG&A as % of revenue16.8%17.1%15.9%16.1%17.1%16.4%16.4%18.4%16.8%17.8%17.0%18.7%15.0%14.2%15.6%17.4%16.8%17.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.9%4.1%4.6%4.5%4.5%4.6%3.3%4.1%3.8%4.3%4.6%3.8%3.4%4.1%4.4%4.0%5.5%6.2%
Free cash flow ÷ net income115.0%79.2%23.1%77.8%77.3%90.5%87.4%104.6%88.5%78.7%101.5%143.8%386.7%——230.8%—186.2%
Dividends ÷ net income40.3%30.8%33.8%51.5%24.7%32.1%37.9%45.7%69.7%67.8%68.9%89.0%247.0%——195.4%—141.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow35.9%38.9%146.2%66.2%50.7%59.0%76.7%73.7%100.9%91.9%67.8%61.9%63.9%—86.8%84.7%174.6%75.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $25.2bn
Short-term assets $9.1bnLonger-term assets $16.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $18.4bn
Short-term liabilities $4.4bnShareholders' equity $14.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $9.1bn of assets due within a year against $4.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $569m of cash against $5.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 41% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 51% to 41% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.2bn of operating cash flow against $5.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $754m against $187m of interest.

From International Flavors & Fragrances's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

45 /100

Moderate moat

How hard International Flavors & Fragrances's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 10 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 8.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 11 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 37.4%, moving by 4.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 1 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 7.8%; its worst year was -17.6%.

  • Cash conversion 14 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.0% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 48.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from International Flavors & Fragrances's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to International Flavors & Fragrances.