International Flavors & Fragrances Inc’s recently made public that its Director FRIBOURG PAUL J acquired Company’s shares for reported $1.0 million on Aug 07 ’25. In the deal valued at $64.80 per share,15,450 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, FRIBOURG PAUL J now holds 15,450 shares worth roughly $0.98 million.
Then, Fyrwald J Erik bought 15,300 shares, generating $993,714 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $64.95, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 77,370 shares.
Before that, O’Byrne Kevin bought 4,500 shares. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc shares valued at $342,240 were divested by the Director at a price of $76.05 per share. As a result of the transaction, O’Byrne Kevin now holds 7,696 shares, worth roughly $0.49 million.
Oppenheimer downgraded its International Flavors & Fragrances Inc [IFF] rating to a Perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Tigress Financial’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early June with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Barclays also remained covering IFF and has increased its forecast on May 08, 2025 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. CFRA revised its rating on February 20, 2025. It rated IFF as “a Sell” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of IFF
On Friday, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc [NYSE:IFF] saw its stock fall -1.04% to $63.56. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -8.52%. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc shares have fallen nearly -34.12% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -24.83% over the past one year.
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 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.26 million shares to a total of 5.47 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.74 million shares. There was a decline of -4.83%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
