INGR
Ingredion Incorporated
Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods · NYQ
$99.98
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
$6.6B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
10.00
Very cheap relative to earnings
Forward P/E
8.96
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
-1.2%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
9.4%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
16.2%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$120.00
+20% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 7 analysts covering this stock
About Ingredion Incorporated

Ingredion Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterial solutions derived from wet milling and processing corn, and other starch-based materials to a range of industries worldwide. The company operates in Texture & Healthful Solutions; Food & Industrial Ingredients–LATAM; and Food & Industrial Ingredients–U.S./CANADA segments. It offers starch products for use in a range of processed foods; cornstarch; specialty paper starches for enhanced drainage, fiber retention, oil and grease resistance, improved printability, and biochemical oxygen demand control; starches and specialty starches for textile industry; industrial starches are used in the production of construction materials, textiles, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, as well as in mining and water filtration; and specialty industrial starches for use in biomaterial applications, including biodegradable plastics, fabric softeners and detergents, hair and skin care applications, dusting powders for surgical gloves, and in the production of glass fiber and insulation. The company provides sweetener products comprising glucose syrups, high maltose syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrin, glucose syrup solids, and non-genetically modified organism syrups for applications in food and beverage products, such as baked goods, snack foods, canned fruits, condiments, candy and other sweets, dairy products, ice cream, jams and jellies, prepared mixes, table syrups, and beverages. In addition, the company sells refined corn oil, corn gluten feed, and corn gluten meal; and other products. The company was formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. and changed its name to Ingredion Incorporated in June 2012. Ingredion Incorporated was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Westchester, Illinois.

https://www.ingredion.com

Country: United States Employees: 11,000 Industry: Packaged Foods
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

Regime
DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
Sharpe Ratio
-0.034
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
Kelly Fraction
-0.0076
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
Calmar Ratio
-0.091
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-3.0%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-32.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
140
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
0.63
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$140.47
29% below the year high
52W Low
$98.29
2% above the year low
Avg Volume
701,485
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
4.2
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
5.7%
Moderate short interest
Div Yield
316.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$10.40
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

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

Debt/Equity
41.43
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
Current Ratio
2.76
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.78
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
24.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
11.9%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$358M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$7.2B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$674M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
7
Target High
$140.00
Target Median
$120.00
Target Low
$110.00
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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