International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) Dividends

IFF Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of IFF, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a negative return of 6.15%. Digging deeper, the aspects of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc's dividend discount model that we found most interesting were:

• In comparison to other stocks in the Basic Materials sector, IFF provides shareholders with a dividend yield greater than 71.11% such stocks.
• In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Basic Materials sector, the expected return of -6.15%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than 67.41% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
• Out of all stocks in our universe of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks, IFF has a discount rate lower than 67.41% of them (a lower discount rate is associated with lower risk).
• In terms of who is growing the amount of dividends they return to shareholders, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc has been increasing its dividends at a faster rate than 91.3% of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks we observed.

IFF Dividends vs. Peers