International Flavors & Fragrances PE ratio IFF
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 82.6×
- 10-year median
- 35.5×
- Against its 10-year history
- 87th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 22.0× to 133×
- Peer median
- 19.9×
International Flavors & Fragrances' PE ratio is 82.6× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $94.15 against $1.14 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is above its ten-year median of 35.5×, higher than on 87% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 22.0× in Jun 2026 to 133× in Apr 2022.
The median for 10 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 19.9×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 82.6× | 22.0× | 82.6× |
| 2025 | 84.1× | 77.1× | 87.8× |
| 2024 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2023 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2022 | 37.9× | 35.1× | 133× |
| 2021 | 121× | 33.3× | 126× |
| 2020 | 32.3× | 24.6× | 41.1× |
| 2019 | 37.3× | 29.9× | 43.2× |
| 2018 | 37.4× | 26.9× | 41.2× |
| 2017 | 29.2× | 23.1× | 30.4× |
| 2016 | 23.4× | 19.7× | 27.4× |
| 2015 | 22.7× | 19.9× | 25.9× |
| 2014 | 22.0× | 19.4× | 23.5× |
| 2013 | 19.6× | 19.3× | 28.7× |
| 2012 | 25.7× | 14.6× | 26.1× |
| 2011 | 14.4× | 14.2× | 18.7× |
Against its peers
Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest International Flavors & Fragrances' size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances | 82.6× |
| PPGPPG Industries | 15.8× |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | n/m |
| RPMRPM International | 18.3× |
| CLXClorox | 17.9× |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | n/m |
| NEUNewmarket | 18.7× |
| AXTAAxalta Coating Systems | 21.1× |
| ECLEcolab | 38.7× |
| SHWSherwin-Williams | 31.1× |
| SXTSensient Technologies | 35.8× |
| Peer median | 19.9× |
Where International Flavors & Fragrances ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.