Ingles Markets, Incorporated

IMKTA Consumer Defensive Grocery Stores

Ingles Markets, Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $5.3 billion, down 5.42% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.64%, EPS fell 1.42%, free cash flow fell 4.33% and total debt fell 3.40%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

85.98 0.80 −0.92%
Market cap
$1.6B
P/E
15.4×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
0.77%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.26
Beneish M
−2.27
Dividend safety
89/100
Sep '16 Sep '17 Sep '18 Sep '19 Sep '20 Sep '21 Sep '22 Sep '23 Sep '24 Sep '25
P/E ratio
14.38 9.32 6.82 9.39 4.20 5.03 5.39 6.64 13.13 15.49
Piotroski F-Score
— 6 7 7 8 9 7 6 6 6
Altman Z-Score
3.40 3.35 3.41 3.56 4.04 4.64 4.91 4.74 4.43 4.26
P/S ratio
0.21 0.13 0.17 0.19 0.17 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.25 0.25
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.49 2.63 2.86 3.14 3.70 4.63 5.59 5.86 5.60 5.86
P/FCF ratio
36.17 16.71 52.10 13.41 3.31 7.06 6.76 14.85 25.15 29.92
P/Operating CF
14.45 10.42 12.72 11.75 6.36 14.02 19.31 15.99 19.34 22.06
Beneish M-Score
(2.84) (2.65) (2.55) (2.77) (2.02) (2.47) (2.51) (2.44) (3.08) (2.27)
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 89
P/B ratio
1.70 1.01 1.15 1.19 0.94 1.32 1.19 0.98 0.92 0.82
Price to Tangible BV
1.70 1.01 1.15 1.19 0.94 1.32 1.19 0.98 0.92 0.82
EV/Sales
0.44 0.34 0.38 0.38 0.30 0.36 0.32 0.28 0.28 0.28
EV/EBITDA
7.11 5.74 6.46 6.03 3.45 3.87 3.66 4.05 5.95 6.12
EV/Operating CF
10.51 8.77 9.53 7.55 3.91 5.91 5.33 6.21 6.09 9.55
EV/FCF
75.49 44.27 117.40 27.21 5.88 9.87 8.13 17.18 28.37 33.32
Quick Ratio
0.28 0.37 0.31 0.46 0.27 0.56 1.09 1.32 1.35 1.56
Current Ratio
1.73 1.82 1.91 2.01 1.45 1.88 2.51 2.88 2.89 3.22
Net Debt/EBITDA
3.70 3.58 3.59 3.06 1.51 1.10 0.62 0.55 0.67 0.62
Debt/Assets
51.97% 50.65% 47.43% 45.64% 31.88% 29.21% 24.91% 22.36% 21.16% 20.13%
Debt/Equity
1.86 1.72 1.45 1.29 0.74 0.60 0.45 0.38 0.35 0.32
Asset Turnover
2.27 2.34 2.30 2.28 2.45 2.55 2.63 2.47 2.26 2.09
Operating CF/Net income
2.93 2.90 1.66 2.59 1.96 1.23 1.24 1.26 2.49 1.84
Capex/Depreciation
(1.28) (1.13) (1.31) (1.36) (1.01) (1.05) (0.99) (1.47) (1.70) (0.89)
Interest Coverage
2.78 2.70 2.62 3.21 6.93 14.39 17.53 13.25 6.73 5.97
ROE
12.05% 10.98% 17.60% 12.97% 24.10% 27.71% 24.32% 15.51% 7.03% 5.29%
ROA
3.24% 3.15% 5.47% 4.42% 9.48% 12.75% 12.65% 8.84% 4.22% 3.28%
ROIC
5.99% 5.86% 5.38% 6.46% 12.38% 14.61% 15.06% 10.85% 5.32% 4.16%
Return on Tangible Assets
3.80% 3.68% 6.32% 5.12% 11.90% 15.23% 14.52% 10.26% 4.95% 3.82%
Average Days of Receivables
5.94 6.05 6.25 6.25 6.44 6.96 6.24 6.66 5.07 7.28
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
20.94% 20.91% 20.92% 20.80% 19.99% 19.31% 18.32% 18.93% 20.60% 21.73%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Graham Net Nets
(1.00) (1.50) (1.07) (0.90) (0.79) (0.35) (0.13) (0.04) (0.04) 0.02
Graham Number
37.89 39.43 57.15 55.20 90.80 121.65 148.10 140.00 101.98 92.71
Earnings Yield
6.95% 10.72% 14.67% 10.65% 23.82% 19.87% 18.56% 15.06% 7.61% 6.45%
Free Cash Flow Yield
2.76% 5.98% 1.92% 7.46% 30.20% 14.15% 14.79% 6.73% 3.98% 3.34%
Revenue per Share
187.32 197.57 202.01 207.41 227.57 254.31 298.97 310.24 296.92 280.81
Operating CF per Share
7.85 7.72 7.96 10.44 17.28 15.62 17.87 14.03 13.82 8.11
Capex per Share
(6.76) (6.19) (7.31) (7.54) (5.79) (6.27) (6.16) (8.96) (10.86) (5.79)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.09 1.53 0.65 2.90 11.49 9.35 11.71 5.07 2.97 2.32
Cash per Share
0.28 1.18 0.52 2.08 0.34 3.84 14.07 17.30 18.62 19.28
Shareholders Equity per Share
23.21 25.22 29.39 32.71 40.44 50.13 66.31 76.81 81.38 85.07
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
23.21 25.22 29.39 32.71 40.44 50.13 66.31 76.81 81.38 85.07
Free Cash Flow
22.15 30.98 13.09 58.71 232.76 183.31 222.51 96.32 56.33 44.16
Working Capital
176.88 200.28 236.61 249.52 146.37 269.34 504.35 622.02 604.93 672.65
Capital Expenditures
(136.88) (125.36) (148.15) (152.79) (117.35) (122.98) (116.99) (170.10) (206.18) (109.94)
Net Current Asset Value
(797.82) (776.41) (732.75) (707.50) (609.78) (459.64) (197.78) (62.32) (56.59) 25.43
EV/EBIT
13.00 10.72 12.32 10.50 4.87 5.17 4.80 5.66 10.86 12.51
Capex to Sales
0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.02
Price to Operating Income
6.23 4.05 5.46 5.17 2.74 3.70 3.99 4.89 9.63 11.24
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.08
Cash ROIC
1.64% 2.19% 0.89% 3.77% 16.26% 11.12% 10.60% 4.11% 2.31% 1.77%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
59.29 62.51 60.02 59.18 60.15 56.54 59.08 57.57 60.69 57.78
Accounts Payable Turnover
17.87 15.64 15.62 20.10 19.20 18.72 21.17 21.50 21.57 21.51
Inventory Turnover
8.41 8.77 8.63 8.52 9.21 9.74 10.06 9.43 9.08 8.59
Average Days of Payables
19.75 28.03 19.37 17.37 21.83 18.77 18.27 16.59 16.68 16.11
Days of Inventory on Hand
43.73 41.96 43.65 42.94 39.24 38.63 39.21 40.17 38.86 43.42
Average Receivables
64.01 64.03 68.19 71.00 76.65 88.22 96.12 102.36 92.92 92.31
Average Payables
160.66 194.32 199.26 158.25 177.72 196.77 201.41 208.71 201.18 188.78
Average Inventory
341.26 346.61 360.76 373.16 370.48 378.39 423.95 475.90 477.97 472.53
Average Assets
1,670.65 1,709.89 1,779.11 1,846.12 1,883.31 1,958.82 2,156.93 2,384.68 2,500.86 2,546.97
Average Common Equity
449.58 490.61 553.23 629.07 741.03 901.29 1,121.43 1,359.28 1,502.36 1,580.84

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