International Flavors & Fragrances vs NewMarket
IFF and NEU side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IFF and NEU compare
International Flavors & Fragrances is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as NewMarket ($20.7B against $6.5B).
NewMarket grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.89% versus −4.6% for International Flavors & Fragrances).
Both pay dividends: International Flavors & Fragrances yields 2.0% and NewMarket 1.7%.
NewMarket scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 9 for International Flavors & Fragrances), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IFF | NEU |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.7B | $6.5B |
| Share price | $81.16 | $709.19 |
| Change, 1 year | 24.1% | −9.9% |
| Change, 5 years | −45.9% | 104% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 0.55 |
| Employees | 22K | 2,050 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 14.4× |
| P/S | 2.1× (better) | 2.4× |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 3.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× | 10.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | 38.3× | 17.0× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.85 |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 5.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $83.46 | $826.94 |
| Margin of safety | 2.8% | 14.2% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −4.6% | 0.89% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.5% (better) | 6.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 2.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 4.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 12.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 37.5% (better) | 31.7% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 20.2% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 16.5% |
| FCF margin | 5.4% | 13.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 25.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.0% | 17.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.41 (better) | 0.43 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.01 | 1.10 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 4.0× | 15.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.06 | 2.46 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.64 | 4.47 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% (better) | 1.7% |
| Payout ratio | – | 24.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 7 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −12.0% | 8.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 1.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 3.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 65.3% |
| Held by insiders | 11.1% | 17.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $31.2M (better) | $248K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 8.0% |
Go deeper
- IFF stock overview
- IFF income statement
- IFF valuation and score
- NEU stock overview
- NEU income statement
- NEU valuation and score
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