---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051253-25-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IFF"
cik: "0000051253"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T15:04:45.038364+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IFF Q1 2025 net loss $994M on $1.15B goodwill impairment; adj EPS $1.20

## Summary
- Reported Q1 sales $2.84B (-2% YoY); currency-neutral comparable sales +3%.
- GAAP loss before taxes $(994)M from $1.15B goodwill impairment in Food Ingredients.
- Adjusted operating EBITDA $578M (+9% comparable currency-neutral); adjusted EPS ex amortization $1.20.
- Pharma Solutions divestiture completed ahead of schedule; net debt to credit adjusted EBITDA 3.9x.
- Maintained full-year 2025 guidance despite macroeconomic uncertainty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051253-25-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IFF
- cik: 0000051253
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125325000024/0000051253-25-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51253/000005125325000024/iff-20250506.htm

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