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Sep 30, 2024

IFF Q3 2024 Earnings Report

IFF reported a strong performance in the third quarter, with growth across all business segments, driven by market recovery and customer needs, resulting in significant bottom-line improvement.

Key Takeaways

IFF reported a 4% increase in net sales to $2.93 billion for the third quarter of 2024. Volume grew high-single digits and improved across all businesses. Adjusted EPS excluding amortization was $1.04 per diluted share, a 17% increase. The company is increasing its full year 2024 financial guidance.

Reported net sales increased by 4% to $2.93 billion, with a 9% increase on a comparable currency neutral basis.

Adjusted operating EBITDA improved by 16% on a comparable basis, driven by volume growth and productivity gains.

Adjusted EPS excluding amortization increased by 17% to $1.04 per diluted share.

The company is increasing its expectations for the full year 2024.

Total Revenue
$2.93B
Previous year: $2.82B
+3.7%
EPS
$1.04
Previous year: $0.89
+16.9%
Operating Margin
19.4%
Free Cash Flow
$399M
Previous year: $405M
-1.5%
Gross Profit
$1.05B
Previous year: $924M
+13.9%
Cash and Equivalents
$567M
Previous year: $639M
-11.3%
Free Cash Flow
$399M
Previous year: $322M
+23.9%
Total Assets
$29.9B
Previous year: $33.4B
-10.4%

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IFF Revenue by Segment

Forward Guidance

The Company is increasing its expectations for the full year 2024. It now expects sales to be in the range of $11.3 billion to $11.4 billion and adjusted operating EBITDA to be at the high-end of its previously communicated guidance range of $2.1 billion to $2.17 billion.

Positive Outlook

  • Sales expected to be in the range of $11.3 billion to $11.4 billion.
  • Adjusted operating EBITDA expected to be at the high-end of its previously communicated guidance range of $2.1 billion to $2.17 billion.
  • Volume to increase 5% to 6%.
  • Improvements across the majority of the portfolio.
  • Company expects that foreign exchange will have an approximately 3% adverse impact to sales growth.

Challenges Ahead

  • Pricing impact is now expected to be flat versus approximately a 1% increase previously.
  • Impact of foreign exchange rate changes in emerging markets.
  • Foreign exchange will have an approximately 3% adverse impact to sales growth.
  • Cannot reconcile its expected adjusted operating EBITDA without unreasonable effort because certain items that impact net income and other reconciling metrics are out of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted at this time.
  • These items include but are not limited to acquisition, divestiture and integration related costs, gains (losses) on business disposals and regulatory costs.