IMKTA
Ingles Markets, Incorporated
Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores · NMS
$91.15
Data: 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$1.7B
Total market value of the company
16.23
Reasonably valued
18.96
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.4%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
1.9%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
6.5%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
N/A
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock
About Ingles Markets, Incorporated

Ingles Markets, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of supermarkets in the United States. The company offers food products, such as grocery, meat, and dairy products, produce, frozen food, and other perishables; and non-food products, which include fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty care products, and general merchandise, as well as private label items, organic, and locally sourced items. It also owns and operates a milk processing and packaging plant that supplies organic milk, fruit juices, and bottled water products to other retailers, food service distributors, and grocery warehouses. In addition, the company provides home meal replacement items, delicatessens, bakeries, floral departments, and greeting cards, as well as broad selections of local organic, beverage, and health-related items. It operates under the Ingles and Sav-Mor brand names. Ingles Markets, Incorporated was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina.

https://www.ingles-markets.com

Country: United States Employees: 12,152 Industry: Grocery Stores
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.588
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0456
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.500
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
12.9%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-25.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
3
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.62
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$95.62
5% below the year high
52W Low
$59.27
54% above the year low
Avg Volume
138,327
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
6.6
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
8.7%
Moderate short interest
74.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$5.49
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

76.57
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
3.34
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.70
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
24.4%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
6.2%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$127M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$5.4B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$104M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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