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International Flavors & Fragrances Q4 2025 earnings summary

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Q4 2025 earnings summary12 Feb, 2026

Executive summary

  • Achieved full-year sales of $10.89B, with currency neutral sales up 2% and growth in Taste, Health & Biosciences, and Scent, despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.

  • Strengthened balance sheet, reducing net debt to credit-adjusted EBITDA to 2.6x, and improved capital allocation through divestitures and disciplined strategy.

  • Completed and announced divestitures, including Pharma Solutions, Nitrocellulose, René Laurent, and Soy Crush; launched sale process for Food Ingredients.

  • Reinvested in R&D, commercial capabilities, and manufacturing capacity to drive future growth and innovation.

  • Reported a net loss before taxes of $412M, with adjusted operating EBITDA of $2.1B and margin of 19.2%.

Financial highlights

  • Full-year 2025 consolidated sales grew 1–2% currency neutral, with adjusted operating EBITDA up 7% and 100 bps margin expansion.

  • Fourth quarter revenue was $2.59B, with adjusted operating EBITDA of $437M (up 7%) and margin up to 16.9%.

  • Free cash flow for the year was $256M; cash flow from operations was $850M.

  • Returned $409M to shareholders via dividends and $38M through share repurchases.

  • Full-year adjusted EPS excluding amortization was $4.20; reported EPS was $(1.46).

Outlook and guidance

  • 2026 sales expected at $10.5–$10.8B, representing 1–4% comparable currency-neutral growth, mainly volume-driven.

  • 2026 adjusted operating EBITDA guidance of $2.05–$2.15B, up 3–8% year-over-year, with margin expansion and productivity gains funding reinvestment.

  • CapEx to be around 6% of sales, focused on high-return projects; operating cash flow improvement is a key priority.

  • Foreign exchange expected to have a 1% positive impact on sales; divestitures to have a 5% adverse impact on both sales and EBITDA.

  • Expect modest input cost inflation, with pricing slightly down due to commodity Fragrance Ingredients and some Food Ingredients.

How does Food Ingredients sale reshape IFF?
What drives 2026 comparable EBITDA margin growth?
Why Food Ingredients Q4 EBITDA decline vs. YTD growth?
Expected net cash from Food Ingredients sale?
GLP-1 impact on IFF solutions demand?
Post-FI sale, how to accelerate growth?
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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., manufactures and sells cosmetic active and natural health ingredients for use in various consumer products. The company engages in the business of providing fragrances and flavors to a range of customers that include major multinational consumer product companies. The company operates through six segments: Flavors, Food, Healthcare, Scent & Care, Specialties, and Homecare. It offers flavor ingredients, including fruit, candy, coffee-based, tropical beverages, savory and other food flavors; floral flavors; spice flavors; natural green and herbal flavors; chocolate-based flavors; absinthe- and liqueur-based flavors; meat and bacon-based flavors; dairy flavors; alcohols; tobacco flavors; malt beverage and non-alcoholic beer flavors; marine jazz rum-based favor offerings including watermelon, mango, lime and more. It provides personal care products under the brand name Softlips Cube that enable lip balm be used as a gloss for lips. Customers include global cosmetics brands such as L'Oréal Group, Procter & Gamble Company's Avon Products Inc., Coty Inc., Elizabeth Arden Inc., Christian Dior Parfums et Beauté Internationale. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., is based in New York, New York.

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