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Company snapshot — International Flavors & Fragrances Inc

IFF in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
IFF makes ingredients that give food, drink, health and personal-care products their taste, texture and scent. It runs four segments — Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences and Scent — supplying flavour compounds, enzymes, probiotics and fragrance materials to manufacturers rather than selling finished goods itself. The company is based in New York and traces its roots back over a century.
Where it sits in the stack
IFF has no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits outside the AI build-out stack, in the specialty-chemicals sleeve of our wider universe. Its business is supplying formulated ingredients to food, health and personal-care makers, unconnected to chip design, data-centre or hardware layers.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group carries no entry for IFF. The comparison the market most often draws is with Givaudan, another large flavour-and-fragrance maker with a similar mix of taste and scent ingredients.
Why Closelook tracks it
IFF holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in our Rubin or Halo indices, and it carries no Closelook score yet. The diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether analyst coverage widens beyond the recent sector-weight initiation, given how the read on IFF depends on which of its four segments draws attention next.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for IFF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: initiation by KeyBanc, 2026-09-10

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for IFF from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Sector Weight Initiated to Sector Weight 2026-09-10

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF)?

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc trades as IFF on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is IFF in a Closelook index?

Not currently — International Flavors & Fragrances Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does IFF trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +3.3% vs the 50-day and +13% vs the 200-day average, 4.9% below the 52-week high and +45.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does International Flavors & Fragrances Inc do?

IFF makes ingredients that give food, drink, health and personal-care products their taste, texture and scent. It runs four segments — Taste, Food Ingredients, Health & Biosciences and Scent — supplying flavour compounds, enzymes, probiotics and fragrance materials to manufacturers rather than selling finished goods itself. The company is based in New York and traces its roots back over a century. Closelook's peer group carries no entry for IFF. The comparison the market most often draws is with Givaudan, another large flavour-and-fragrance maker with a similar mix of taste and scent ingredients.

Where does International Flavors & Fragrances Inc sit in the AI build-out?

IFF has no seat in our Rubin or Halo indices; it sits outside the AI build-out stack, in the specialty-chemicals sleeve of our wider universe. Its business is supplying formulated ingredients to food, health and personal-care makers, unconnected to chip design, data-centre or hardware layers. IFF holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in our Rubin or Halo indices, and it carries no Closelook score yet. The diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

What has Wall Street done on International Flavors & Fragrances Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on International Flavors & Fragrances Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by KeyBanc on 2026-09-10 (at Sector Weight). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IFF, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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