Ingles Markets (IMKTA) AI Stock Analysis

• Market Cap: $1.75B
• Dividend Yield: 0.93%
• Average Volume (3M): 103.27K
• Price to Earnings (P/E): 11.9
• Beta (1Y): 0.29
• Revenue Growth: -5.42%
• EPS Growth: -20.80%
• Country: US
• Employees: 11,072
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Sector Strength: 42
• Industry: Grocery Stores
• EPS (TTM): 1.48
• Shares Outstanding: 14,548,686
• 10 Day Avg. Volume: 126,929
• 30 Day Avg. Volume: 103,272
• PEG Ratio: -0.75
• Price to Book (P/B): 0.81
• Price to Sales (P/S): 0.24
• P/FCF Ratio: 32.96
• Enterprise Value/Market Cap: 1.12
• Enterprise Value/Revenue: 0.36
• Enterprise Value/Gross Profit: 1.50
• Enterprise Value/Ebitda: 7.35
• 1Y Price Target: N/A
• Price Target Upside: N/A
• Rating Consensus: N/A
• Number of Analyst Covering: 0
• EPS Forecast (FY): N/A
• Revenue Forecast (FY): N/A

• Rating: 60 Neutral
• Price Target: $99.00 ▲(28.09% Upside)
• Action: Reiterated Date: 02/06/26
• Date: Action: Reiterated 02/06/26

The score is driven primarily by mixed financial performance—improving leverage but weaker profitability and uncertain cash-flow quality. Technicals are supportive due to a strong uptrend, though overbought indicators add near-term risk. Valuation is fair with a modest P/E but a low dividend yield, while the latest corporate update was a positive incremental catalyst.

Positive Factors

Improving leverage and equity growth

Debt-to-equity improvement and equity growth materially lower balance-sheet risk and interest burden. This durable strengthening increases financial flexibility to fund remodeling, capex or weather sales volatility without heavy new external financing, supporting long-term resilience.

Negative Factors

Weakened free cash flow generation

Multi-year weakness and inconsistent conversion of earnings into free cash flow reduce internal funding for debt reduction, capex and shareholder returns. An uneven cash-flow profile raises financing risk and limits flexibility to respond to competitive or cost pressures over the medium term.

Ingles Markets Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

Ingles Markets, Incorporated operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. It offers food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods, and other perishables; and non-food products, which include f...

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Ingles Markets, Incorporated operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. It offers food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods, and other perishables; and non-food products, which include f...

How the Company Makes Money

Ingles Markets primarily makes money by selling products to consumers through its supermarkets, recognizing revenue at the point of sale across a broad mix of categories such as food (including perishable departments like produce, meat, and dairy)...

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Ingles Markets primarily makes money by selling products to consumers through its supermarkets, recognizing revenue at the point of sale across a broad mix of categories such as food (including perishable departments like produce, meat, and dairy)...

Ingles Markets Financial Statement Overview

Breakdown	TTM	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	Sep 2022	Sep 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue	5.42B	5.33B	5.64B	5.89B	5.68B	4.99B
Gross Profit	1.31B	1.27B	1.30B	1.40B	1.42B	1.30B
EBITDA	267.08M	252.54M	282.98M	416.55M	500.58M	469.05M
Net Income	95.13M	83.59M	105.54M	210.81M	272.76M	249.73M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	2.57B	2.57B	2.53B	2.47B	2.30B	2.02B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	361.68M	366.25M	353.69M	328.54M	267.20M	75.31M
Total Debt	539.03M	543.67M	564.96M	595.47M	612.50M	632.04M
Total Liabilities	930.27M	950.12M	982.13M	1.01B	1.04B	1.04B
Stockholders Equity	1.64B	1.62B	1.55B	1.46B	1.26B	983.26M
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	123.07M	39.60M	51.66M	92.82M	219.89M	165.70M
Operating Cash Flow	236.15M	154.10M	262.52M	266.41M	339.50M	306.30M
Investing Cash Flow	-112.37M	-109.94M	-206.18M	-170.10M	-111.99M	-127.98M
Financing Cash Flow	-31.61M	-31.60M	-31.18M	-34.97M	-30.62M	-114.90M

Ingles Markets Technical Analysis

• Technical Analysis Sentiment: Positive
• Last Price: 77.29
• 50DMA: Positive
• 100DMA: Positive
• 200DMA: Positive
• MACD: Negative
• RSI: Neutral
• STOCH: Negative

Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For IMKTA, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 77.29 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 88.83, below the 50-day MA of 86.30, and above the 200-day MA of 73.51, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 2.54 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 69.50 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 89.79 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for IMKTA.

Ingles Markets Peers Comparison

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
VLGEA	73 Outperform	$583.98M	7.26	11.37%	2.63%	3.88%	7.71%
NGVC	66 Neutral	$609.46M	12.71	23.11%	1.99%	7.19%	35.90%
Sector *	62 Neutral	$20.33B	14.63	-3.31%	3.23%	1.93%	-12.26%
ACI	61 Neutral	$8.88B	8.31	28.54%	3.49%	2.08%	-1.63%
IMKTA	60 Neutral	$1.75B	11.86	5.93%	0.93%	-5.42%	-20.80%
WMK	58 Neutral	$1.78B	17.84	6.83%	2.06%	3.11%	6.54%
GO	46 Neutral	$671.37M	-4.43	-19.78%	―	7.22%	-108.99%

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