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Paul J Fribourg bought $11M of IFF

director at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. 156,459 shares at an average of $70.12, traded Aug 27, 2025, filed Mar 16, 2026.

Conviction score
78
Value
$11M
156,459 shares
Holdings after
2,422,730
first purchase
From 52-week low
+5%
low $61.67, close $64.90
From 52-week high
-36%
high $101.54, as of Aug 27, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $11.0M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 41282%
    +10
  • Price context
    5% above the 52-week low; 36% below the 52-week high
    +18
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +1% over 3 past buys
    +5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +2.7%, 3m +12.5%, 6m +20.4%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

IFFOct 9, 2026 · close 84.55
Since filing Mar 16, 2026: +22.6%SPY +17.2% · excess +5.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001225208-26-003697, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+14,200$70.07$995k29,650Mar 16, 2026
Mar 12, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Continental Grain Company
+142,000$70.13$10.0M2,422,730Mar 16, 2026
Sep 29, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: By JDW 2011 Trust f/b/o Adam Wolfensohn
-7$60.87$4260Mar 16, 2026
Oct 30, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By JDW 2011 Trust f/b/o Adam Wolfensohn
+39$63.64$2,48239Mar 16, 2026
Aug 27, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Primary
+71$66.91$4,751450Mar 16, 2026
Nov 18, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Primary
-187$65.42$12k263Mar 16, 2026
Feb 9, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Primary
+146$74.63$11k409Mar 16, 2026
Dec 10, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Segregated Account
-25$65.27$1,63211Mar 16, 2026
Dec 15, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Segregated Account
-3$63.35$1908Mar 16, 2026
Mar 6, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Wolfensohn Foundation Segregated Account
+3$73.93$22211Mar 16, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
73Notable
IFFsell 3
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
de Mendonca Ana Paula Teles
President, Scent
$476k
5,718 shares
-100%
44Moderate
IFFsell 3
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Marc Birenkrant
Controller & CAO
$85k
1,000 shares
-22%
79Notable
IFFsell 3
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Michael DeVeau
EVP, CFO
$755k
8,825 shares
-63%
55Moderate
IFFbuy
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Paul J Fribourg
director
$20M
273,500 shares
+922%
23Weak
IFFbuy
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Mark J Costa
director
$2,057
25 shares
-
15Weak
IFFsell
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Mark J Costa
director
$2,153
30 shares
-6%
35Weak
IFFsell
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Paul J Fribourg
director
$14k
222 shares
-3171%
57Moderate
IFFbuy
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
J Erik Fyrwald
Chief Executive Officer
$995k
14,260 shares
+18%
47Moderate
IFFbuy
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Stephen N Landsman
EVP, General Counsel
$197k
3,100 shares
+26%
79Notable
IFFbuy 2
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
Paul J Fribourg
director
$1.0M
15,450 shares
-

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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