Consumer Staples / Grocery StoresUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Ingles Markets, Incorporated has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Market cap

1.6B

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

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Forward P/En/a

P25 11.3P50 15.2P75 20.1

Trailing P/E15.9

P25 12.9P50 17.8P75 28.8

ROE5.3

P25 -17.2P50 6.8P75 17.2

ROIC3.5

P25 -6.6P50 6.3P75 13.6

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Indicator catalog

All IMKTA market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Showing 250 of 250 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000050493
Company name	Ingles Markets, Incorporated
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	457030104
Employees	25,551
Employees Change	-809%
Employees Change Percent	-3.07
Enterprise value	$1.5B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Grocery Stores
Isin	US4570301048
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.6B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$86.6
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	208,760.23x
Sector	Consumer Staples
Sic	5411
Symbol	IMKTA
Website	https://www.ingles-markets.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.29%
EV Earnings	18.03x
EV/EBIT	12.77x
EV/EBITDA	6.26x
EV/FCF	38.06x
EV/Sales	0.28x
FCF yield	2.98%
P/B ratio	0.82x
P/E ratio	15.91x
P/S ratio	0.25x
PE Ratio10 Y	9.67x
PE Ratio3 Y	11.5x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.09x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	2.21%
EBITDA Margin	4.52%
FCF margin	0.74%
Gross margin	23.8%
Gross Profit	$1.3B
Gross Profit Growth	-4.57%
Gross Profit Growth Q	0.67%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-3.57%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.16%
Net Income	$83.6M
Net Income Growth	-20.8%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-32.58%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-14.09%
Pretax Margin	2.06%
Profit Margin	1.57%
Profit Per Employee	$3,272
Profitable Years	32
ROA	2.9
Roa5y	7.31
ROCE	5.21
ROE	5.29
Roe5y	15.97
ROIC	3.45
Roic5y	9.02

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.32%
Cagr15y	13.26%
Cagr1y	43.18%
Cagr20y	10.62%
Cagr3y	2.85%
Cagr5y	6.61%
Div CAGR10	0%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth	-20.81
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-32.58
EPS Growth5 Y	-12.98
FCF Growth	-23.35%
FCF Growth Q	576.89%
FCF Growth3 Y	-43.53%
FCF Growth5 Y	-29.5%
OCF Growth	-41.3%
OCF Growth Q	-18.24%
OCF Growth10 Y	0.04%
OCF Growth3 Y	-23.15%
OCF Growth5 Y	-15.14%
Revenue Growth	-5.42x
Revenue Growth Q	-2.08x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-2.07x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.96x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$2.09
Assets	$2.6B
Cash	$366.2M
Current Assets	$975.6M
Current Liabilities	$302.9M
Debt	$543.7M
Debt EBITDA	$2.19
Debt Equity	$0.34
Debt FCF	$13.73
Equity	$1.6B
Interest Coverage	5.99
Liabilities	$950.1M
Long Term Assets	$1.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$647.2M
Net Cash	$-177.4M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-13.34
Tangible Book Value	$1.6B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$85.07
WACC	6.74

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	3.22
Inventory Turnover	8.6
Net Working Capital	$329.6M
Quick ratio	1.57
Working Capital	$672.7M
Working Capital Turnover	$8.35

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.66
Dividend Years	40
Dividend Yield	0.76%
Ex Div Date	2026-01-08
Last Dividend	$0.17
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	15%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	166.98%
1Y total return	43.15%
200-day SMA	76.18
3Y total return	8.8%
50-day SMA	88.48
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	37.69%
All Time High	103
All Time High Change	-15.91%
All Time High Date	2022-12-13
All Time Low	5.25
All Time Low Change	1,549.52%
All Time Low Date	1992-10-20
ATR	2.73
Beta	0.75
Beta1y	0.34
Beta2y	0.33
Ch YTD	26.33
High	86.9
High52	95.62
High52 Date	2026-04-09
High52ch	-9.43%
Low	84.61
Low52	59.09
Low52 Date	2025-05-23
Low52ch	46.56%
Ma50ch	-2.13%
Price vs 200-day SMA	13.68%
RSI	43.01
RSI Monthly	59.06
RSI Weekly	56.81
Sharpe ratio	1.36x
Sortino ratio	2.32
Total Return	0.94%
Tr YTD	26.86
Tr15y	547.53%
Tr1m	-6.25%
Tr1w	-5.16%
Tr3m	2.18%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$118M
Operating Income Growth	-31.77
Operating Income Growth Q	21.62
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-32.02
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-15.66
Operating margin	2.21

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	13,554,994%
Float Percent	71.36%
Shares Insiders	27.75%
Shares Institutions	71.69%
Shares Out	18,994,376
Shares Qo Q	0%
Short Float	7.5%
Short Ratio	9.54
Short Shares	5.35

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$39.6M
Average Volume	129,255.45x
Bv Per Share	85.07
CAPEX	$-114.5M
Ch10y	133.3
Ch15y	373.5
Ch1m	-6.42
Ch1w	-5.16
Ch1y	41.87
Ch20y	366.8
Ch3m	2
Ch3y	5.87
Ch5y	31.79
Ch6m	16.98
Change	0.96%
Change From Open	0.96
Close	85.78
Days Gap	0
Dollar Volume	8,542,137.4
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$118M
EBITDA	$240.9M
EPS	$4.4
F Score	7
FCF	$39.6M
FCF EV Yield	2.63x
FCF Per Share	$2.08
Financing CF	-31,603,912
Fiscal Year End	September
Founded	1,963
Graham Number	91.77334
Graham Upside	31.1
Income Tax	$26.3M
Investing CF	-109,935,941
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2025-09-27
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2025-11-26
Lynch Fair Value	$22
Lynch Upside	-68.57
Ma150	79.32
Ma150ch	9.18%
Ma20	89.62
Ma20ch	-3.37%
Net CF	12,558,040
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	85.78
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	33.58
P OCF Ratio	8.63
Payment Date	2026-01-15
Position In Range	86.9
Post Close	86.6
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.85
Postmarket Price	$85
Ppne	1,540,209,431
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$5.52
Ptbv Ratio	0.82
Relative Volume	0.76x
Revenue	5,334,032,609x
Tax By Revenue	0.49x
Tax Rate	23.96%
Tr20y	653.1%
Tr6m	17.47%
Us State	North Carolina
Volume	98,639
Z Score	4.2

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Income

IMKTA dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+0.8%

$0.66 annual per share

Payout ratio

+15.0%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

0.0%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.8%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-01-08

Performance

IMKTA stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns IMKTA?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+71.7%

Float: +71.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+27.8%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

IMKTA momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

43.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+13.7%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.75

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.36

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

IMKTA vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	447.6B	52.5x	1.6x	37.8%	+9.9%	+0.7%	Vender
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	337.4B	24.7x	6.8x	19.6%	+8.1%	+11.5%	Compra forte
MO	Altria Group Inc.	113.8B	14.2x	5.6x	66.4%	-0.3%	+19.7%	Manter

Questions

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