Analysts await Internationa Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFF) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $1.41 EPS, down 2.84% or $0.04 from last year’s $1.45 per share.

At the moment 9 analysts are watching Internationa Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFF), 1 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 5 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 785.69 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 5 analysts have a mean sales target of 786.61 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 8 analysts have a mean target of 3,097.66 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 6 analysts have a 1.38 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a 1.45 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 10 estimates of 5.46 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Internationa Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. include Vanguard Group Inc which owns 7 million shares in the company valued at $893.47 million. Capital Research Global Investors is the second biggest holder with 6 million shares currently valued at 744.80 million whilst MFS Investment Management KK has 3 million shares valued at 415.01 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 69,062,995 with a reported 2,918,074 bought and 4,830,682 sold. These holdings make up 86.42% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 1,413,717 shares in the business which makes up 1.77% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Douglas D Tough who owns 218,050 shares (0.27% of those outstanding), whilst Richard A. Goldstein holds 213,674 (0.27% of shares outstanding) and Mr Robert M Amen holds 134,381 (0.17% of shares outstanding).

The stock decreased 0.03% or $0.03 during the last trading session, hitting $118.53. Internationa Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (NASDAQ:IFF) has risen 4.65% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.