IMKTA Stock Analysis: Ingles Markets | NASDAQ
Grocery Stores | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.729m USD | 12M Return: 36.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 12.5M
EPS Trend: -79.7%
Rev. Trend: -88.6%
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Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA) is a U.S. supermarket operator headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina, that runs a chain of grocery stores under the Ingles and Sav-Mor brand names. Founded in 1963 and publicly traded since 1990, the company offers a mix of food (grocery, meat, dairy, produce, frozen, and perishables) and non-food products (fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty items, and general merchandise), along with private label, organic, and locally sourced selections. The company is vertically integrated through its own milk processing and packaging plant, which supplies organic milk, juices, and bottled water to external retailers, food service distributors, and grocery warehouses in addition to its stores.
As a small-cap stock in the Consumer Staples sector (Food Retail sub-industry), IMKTA competes in a highly competitive segment dominated by larger national chains such as Kroger, Walmart, and Albertsons. Regional supermarket operators like Ingles typically rely on tight cost controls, private label penetration, and adjacent revenue streams (fuel, pharmacy, and food processing) to defend margins in a low-margin industry.
- Grocery segment margins pressured by Walmart and Aldi price competition
- Fuel center profitability swings with retail gasoline prices
- Owned real estate portfolio anchors balance sheet valuation premium
| Net Income: 104.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 4.98 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 13.23% < 20% (prev 11.53%; Δ 1.70% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 > 3% & CFO 256.9m > Net Income 104.3m |
| Net Debt (139.2m) to EBITDA (279.3m): 0.50 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.34 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (19.0m) vs 12m ago 0.0% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 24.50% > 18% (prev 22.94%; Δ 1.56% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 211.5% > 50% (prev 215.9%; Δ -4.33% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 8.33 > 6 (EBIT TTM 157.6m / Interest Expense TTM 18.9m) |
| A: 0.28 (Total Current Assets 1.02b - Total Current Liabilities 304.9m) / Total Assets 2.59b |
| B: 0.64 (Retained Earnings 1.66b / Total Assets 2.59b) |
| C: 0.06 (EBIT TTM 157.6m / Avg Total Assets 2.55b) |
| D: 1.78 (Book Value of Equity 1.66b / Total Liabilities 932.9m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 6.17 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.02 (Receivables 101.2m/99.2m, Revenue 5.40b/5.41b) |
| GMI: 0.94 (GM 22.94% / 24.50%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.02 / AQ_t-1 0.02) |
| SGI: 1.00 (Revenue 5.40b / 5.41b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 104.3m - CFO 256.9m) / TA 2.59b) |
| Beneish M = -3.07 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 14, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 90.71 with a total of 133,384 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.39%, over one month by +2.89%, over three months by -1.62% and over the past year by +36.08%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 87.30 (which is 3.8% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Ingles Markets has no consensus analysts rating.
P/E Trailing = 16.7624
P/E Forward = 8.643
P/S = 0.3204
P/B = 1.0305
P/EG = 0.847
Revenue TTM = 5.40b USD
EBIT TTM = 157.6m USD
EBITDA TTM = 279.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 486.3m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 22.8m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 557.2m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 26.7m
Net Debt = 139.2m USD (calculated: Debt 557.2m - CCE 418.0m)
Enterprise Value = 1.87b USD (1.73b + Debt 557.2m - CCE 418.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 8.33 (Ebit TTM 157.6m / Interest Expense TTM 18.9m)
EV/FCF = 12.34x (Enterprise Value 1.87b / FCF TTM 151.3m)
FCF Yield = 8.10% (FCF TTM 151.3m / Enterprise Value 1.87b)
FCF Margin = 2.80% (FCF TTM 151.3m / Revenue TTM 5.40b)
Net Margin = 1.93% (Net Income TTM 104.3m / Revenue TTM 5.40b)
Gross Margin = 24.50% ((Revenue TTM 5.40b - Cost of Revenue TTM 4.07b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 24.87% (prev 24.37%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.72 (Enterprise Value 1.87b / Total Assets 2.59b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.40% (Interest Expense 18.9m / Debt 557.2m)
Taxrate = 24.79% (34.4m / 138.7m)
NOPAT = 118.5m (EBIT 157.6m * (1 - 24.79%))
Current Ratio = 3.34 (Total Current Assets 1.02b / Total Current Liabilities 304.9m)
Debt / Equity = 0.34 (Debt 557.2m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.66b)
Debt / EBITDA = 0.50 (Net Debt 139.2m / EBITDA 279.3m)
Debt / FCF = 0.92 (Net Debt 139.2m / FCF TTM 151.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.63b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.09% (Net Income 104.3m / Total Assets 2.59b)
RoE = 6.41% (Net Income TTM 104.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.63b)
RoCE = 7.45% (EBIT 157.6m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.63b + L.T.Debt 486.3m))
RoIC = 5.80% (NOPAT 118.5m / Invested Capital 2.04b)
WACC = 5.36% (E(1.73b)/V(2.29b) * Re(6.26%) + D(557.2m)/V(2.29b) * Rd(3.40%) * (1-Tc(0.25)))
Discount Rate = 6.26% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 25.31 | Cagr: 0.0%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈99.4m ; Y1≈113.9m ; Y5≈167.7m
[DCF] Fair Price = 163.9 (EV 2.52b - Net Debt 139.2m = Equity 2.38b / Shares 14.5m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -79.72 | EPS CAGR: -34.82% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -88.63 | Revenue CAGR: -3.92% | SUE: N/A | # QB: 0