International Flavors (IFF) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.82 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.14 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.15 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -28.07%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this ingredients producer for food, cosmetics and consumer products industries would post earnings of $1.08 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.25, delivering a surprise of +15.74%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times.
International Flavors, which belongs to the Zacks Chemical – Specialty industry, posted revenues of $1.95 billion for the quarter ended June 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 27.16%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.76 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock’s immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management’s commentary on the earnings call.
International Flavors shares have added about 19.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500’s gain of 11%.
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Borouge International has appointed Roland Janssen as CCO, effective 1 October 2026, as the company continues to advance its integration and growth priorities. Janssen will be based at Borouge International’s headquarters in Vienna and succeeds Stefan Doboczky, who is leaving the company to pursue a new opportunity.
Inge Massen-Biemans will become Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) effective November 1, 2026. Inge will report directly to Dimitri de Vreeze, CEO of dsm-firmenich. She succeeds Katharina Stenholm, who has decided to step down from the role at the end of 2026 to pursue other interests, after developing and executing the company’s sustainability program over the past three years.
The Hamburg site supplies products for the cosmetics and personal care industry and the Bitterfeld site produces chlorosilanes, the company said, adding that these businesses will continue, concentrated mainly at larger German sites.
