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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051253-24-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:37:22.914694+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF Q3 sales up 4% to $2.93B, adj. EBITDA $568M, raises FY 2024 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.23 vs. $0.28 last year; adjusted EPS ex-amortization $1.04, up from $0.81.
- Currency-neutral comparable sales +9% YoY, driven by double-digit growth in Health & Biosciences and Scent.
- Volume recovered high-single digits across all four business segments; Nourish and Pharma also positive.
- Adjusted operating EBITDA $568M (19.4% margin) vs. $497M (17.5%) in Q3 2023.
- Company raising full-year 2024 financial guidance citing Q3 strength and cautious Q4 optimism.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051253-24-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125324000039/0000051253-24-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125324000039/iff-20241105.htm

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