International Flavors (IFF) reported $2.69 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 7.9%. EPS of $1.05 for the same period compares to $1.04 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.57% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.63 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.02, the EPS surprise was +2.94%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how International Flavors performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Health & Biosciences: $577 million versus $568.61 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.2% change.
- Net sales- Scent: $652 million versus $618.57 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.4% change.
- Net sales- Taste: $635 million compared to the $628.17 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Net Sales- Food Ingredients: $830 million versus $825.94 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating EBITDA- Health & Biosciences: $150 million compared to the $143.03 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Adjusted Operating EBITDA- Food Ingredients: $106 million versus $109.32 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Adjusted Operating EBITDA- Taste: $128 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $126.56 million.
- Adjusted Operating EBITDA- Scent: $135 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $129.4 million.
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Shares of International Flavors have returned +0.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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