---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051253-25-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T17:48:19.458230+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF posts 16% adjusted EBITDA growth, Q4 adjusted EPS $0.97

## Summary
- Full-year 2024 sales $11.48B flat YoY; comparable currency-neutral sales +6% led by Scent (+12%).
- Full-year adjusted operating EBITDA $2.21B (+16% comparable), adjusted EPS ex amortization $4.31.
- Q4 2024 sales $2.77B (+3% reported, +6% comparable); Q4 adjusted EBITDA $471M (margin 17.0%).
- Q4 reported GAAP loss $(115)M, EPS $(0.18); adjusted EPS ex amortization $0.97.
- Free cash flow $607M for 2024; net debt to credit-adjusted EBITDA 3.8x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051253-25-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-02-18T23:59:59+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/51253/000005125325000007/0000051253-25-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125325000007/iff-20250218.htm

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