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How International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. stacks up
IFF · against 76 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #72 of 77 · scores higher than 4% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score7 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including IFF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield, which is weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 69% of peers. Earnings yield: 1.2% vs peer median 3.6%
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 2.3% vs peer median 8.5%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 2.3% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IFF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IFF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 77 reported | 1.1% | 5.4% | 5% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 78 reported | 6.5% | 10.4% | 27% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 31 reported | 2.3% | 2.9% | 30% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 75 reported | 59.4% | 41.3% | 73% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IFF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 195.7B HKD (≈$25.0B) | 97 | 74 | |
| 2 | 263.2B HKD (≈$33.7B) | 96 | 71 | |
| 3 | 92.8B HKD (≈$11.9B) | 94 | 64 | |
| 3 | 17.7B USD | 94 | 88 | |
| 5 | 87.0B CNY (≈$12.2B) | 93 | 86 | |
| 70 | 36.5B CHF (≈$41.9B) | 29 | 44 | |
| 71 | 19.9B CHF (≈$22.9B) | 27 | 60 | |
| 72 | 91.4B CNY (≈$12.8B) | 25 | 31 | |
| 72 | 2.34T INR (≈$28.0B) | 25 | 61 | |
| 72 | 23.5B USD | 25 | 43 | |
| 75 | 437.3B TWD (≈$13.6B) | 22 | 32 | |
| 75 | 1.54T INR (≈$18.5B) | 22 | 66 | |
| 77 | 1.78T INR (≈$21.3B) | 18 | 68 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score