International Flavors & Fragrances Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization increased by 3.6% to $3.59B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 20.2%, from $2.99B to $3.59B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization shows an upward trend with a 37.5% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
A rising balance relative to gross assets indicates an aging portfolio of intangible assets nearing the end of their useful lives.
The cumulative amount of amortization expense recognized against finite-lived intangible assets since their acquisition...
Standard accounting metric; peers with older acquisition cycles will show higher accumulated amortization relative to gross assets.
other_finite_lived_intangible_assets_accumulated_amortization| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $1.02B | $1.17B | $1.38B | $1.55B | $1.80B | $1.92B | $1.98B | $2.16B | $2.33B | $2.38B | $2.59B | $2.74B | $2.59B | $2.73B | $2.79B | $2.99B | $3.22B | $3.31B | $3.47B | $3.59B |
| QoQ Change | — | +14.5% | +18.2% | +12.2% | +16.2% | +6.3% | +3.3% | +9.3% | +7.7% | +2.1% | +8.8% | +5.6% | -5.4% | +5.6% | +2.0% | +7.1% | +7.9% | +2.8% | +4.6% | +3.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +76.3% | +63.7% | +43.1% | +39.3% | +29.2% | +24.2% | +30.8% | +26.4% | +11.0% | +14.8% | +7.7% | +9.2% | +24.6% | +21.2% | +24.2% | +20.2% |