profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ingles Markets
$84.36-0.94% today
+15.6% in 1 year
1-year low $68.551-year high $95.23
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.17 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ingles Markets sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.68 billion in 2022 to $5.33 billion in 2025, with $83.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ingles Markets handed back 31% of the cash it generated last year.
$12M
Free cash flow 2025$40M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$12M
Cash vs. debt$366M vs. $544M
Ingles Markets vs. similar companies
Ingles Markets grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingles Markets | 19.2× · Fair price | ||
 Loblaw Companies | 29.9× · Fair price | ||
 Tesco | 19.1× · Fair price | ||
 The Kroger | 40.4× · Expensive | ||
 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize | 13.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ingles Markets's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,679 | 5,893 | 5,640 | 5,334 | |
| 1,416 | 1,405 | 1,300 | 1,274 | |
| 376 | 290 | 143 | 146 | |
| 501 | 417 | 283 | 253 | |
| 273 | 211 | 106 | 84 | |
| 14.36 | 11.10 | 5.56 | 4.40 | |
| 24.9% | 23.8% | 23.0% | 23.9% | |
| 6.6% | 4.9% | 2.5% | 2.7% | |
| 4.8% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,296 | 2,474 | 2,528 | 2,566 |
| Cash | 267 | 329 | 354 | 366 |
| Total debt | 613 | 595 | 565 | 544 |
| Total liabilities | 1,036 | 1,015 | 982 | 950 |
| 1,260 | 1,459 | 1,546 | 1,616 | |
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
| 16.2% | 11.6% | 6.0% | 4.7% | |
| 21.7% | 14.4% | 6.8% | 5.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339 | 266 | 263 | 154 | |
| 120 | 174 | 211 | 115 | |
| 220 | 93 | 52 | 40 | |
| Dividends paid | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 19.2×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 0.3×
- 40.5×
- 7.0×
- 2.5%
- 5.2%
- 0.8%
Profitability
- 23.9%
- 2.7%
- 1.6%
- 5.1%
- -0.0%
- 9.8%
- 6.4%
- 4.0%
- -0.0%
- –
Growth
- −2.1%
- −32.6%
- −23.4%
- +0.0%
- −0.2%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.32
- 20.4%
- 7.7×
- 0.00
- 0.00
- 2.08
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 5%of 670
Bottom 11%of 674
Bottom 48%of 624
Bottom 12%of 673
Bottom 28%of 668
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | 1.48 | – | – |
| Nov 26, 2025 | 1.35 | – | – |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 1.38 | – | – |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.80 | – | – |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.87 | – | – |
| Dec 27, 2024 | -0.08 | – | – |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 1.67 | – | – |
| May 9, 2024 | 1.68 | – | – |
0.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$8a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.66 in 2015 → $0.66 in 2025
How safe it looks
14.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 31.0%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
37No pass
Benjamin Graham
67Pass
Philip Fisher
30No pass
Peter Lynch
18No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
30No pass
Terry Smith
18No pass
Questions about Ingles Markets
Is Ingles Markets a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ingles Markets AI analysis
What does Ingles Markets do?
Ingles Markets, Incorporated operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. It is in Grocery Stores.
Does Ingles Markets pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.8% a year, about 15% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $12.3 million in dividends.
Is Ingles Markets stock halal?
No. Ingles Markets does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 34% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Ingles Markets stock done over the past year?
Up 15.6% over the past twelve months, to $84.36. It traded between $68.55 and $95.23 and is 11.4% below its high.
Who are Ingles Markets's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Loblaw Companies, Tesco, The Kroger and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ingles Markets's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.