Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: IFF stock price vs POST: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at POST's multiple
Needs Annual EPS, POST P/E.
Implied fair value · at IFF's multiple
Needs Annual EPS, IFF P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Higher is better
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC · implied price per share
Reporting currency could not be verified.
Post Holdings, Inc. · implied price per share
Reporting currency could not be verified.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
IFF · not enough data.
POST · not enough data.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe IFF can reverse its negative revenue growth and restore positive operating margins, then the stock could merit patience; otherwise, the data supports avoiding or underweighting IFF because it trades at a large valuation premium to POST despite weaker profitability and a much lower implied value.
IFF’s current price of $83.83 is far above the P/S-derived implied price of $21.97, implying 73.8% downside. Relative to POST, IFF also trades at a much richer P/S of 2.0x versus 0.5x and EV/EBITDA of 23.4x versus 8.6x, which is difficult to support given IFF’s weaker operating performance.
Supporting Metrics
