International Flavors & Fragrances Inc’s recently made public that its Director O’Byrne Kevin acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.52 million on Mar 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $80.44 per share,6,500 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, O’Byrne Kevin now holds 6,500 shares worth roughly $0.5 million.
Then, Fyrwald J Erik bought 25,000 shares, generating $2,005,878 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $80.24, the CEO now owns 29,300 shares.
Before that, Arora Yuvraj sold 5,000 shares. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc shares valued at $458,775 were divested by the President, Nourish at a price of $91.75 per share. As a result of the transaction, Arora Yuvraj now holds 3,238 shares, worth roughly $0.25 million.
CFRA downgraded its International Flavors & Fragrances Inc [IFF] rating to a Sell from a a Buy in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Argus’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early January from “a Hold” to “a Buy”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering IFF and has increased its forecast on November 12, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. BofA Securities revised its rating on November 08, 2024. It rated IFF as “a Buy” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of IFF
On Friday, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc [NYSE:IFF] saw its stock fall -2.17% to $76.48. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.75%. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc shares have fallen nearly -9.54% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -6.09% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $106.77 was reached on 01/27/25, a 52-week low of $76.60 was recorded on 03/28/25. SMA at 50 days reached $82.53, while 200 days put it at $92.55.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For IFF Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 75.74, which if violated will result in even more drops to 75.01. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 77.85. A further resistance level may holdings at 79.23. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 35.12, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -1.56, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 98.29%. Stochastics %K at 13.97% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in International Flavors & Fragrances Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in International Flavors & Fragrances Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, growing by 1.41 million shares to a total of 5.5 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 4.09 million shares. There was a rise of 25.59%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
