Ingles Markets Inc
IMKTA Nasdaq· Retail-Grocery Stores
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$87.88
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Ingles Markets Inc had $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 5.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +3.0% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 2.2%, down 0.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 2 is left after running the business.
- Ingles Markets Inc made $83.6M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $39.6M in fiscal 2025, 0.7% of revenue.
- Ingles Markets Inc returned $12.3M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 31% of free cash flow.
- Ingles Markets Inc owes $151M more than it holds in cash, about 0.6 years of operating profit.
Market cap
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P/E
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Revenue
$5.3B
Net income
$83.6M
Free cash flow
$39.6M
Operating margin
2.2%
Ingles Markets Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−5.4%
No. Sales fell 5.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
1.6%
A little. It keeps 1.6% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
0.7%
Partly. 0.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
0.6x
Yes. It could repay its debt with 0.6 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
What Ingles Markets Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 27, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 26, 2025
- Legal name
- INGLES MARKETS INC
- CIK
- 0000050493
Ingles Markets Inc · IMKTA
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $5.0B | $5.7B | $5.9B | $5.6B | $5.3B |
| Revenue growth | 8.2% | 13.9% | 3.8% | −4.3% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 23.0% | 23.9% |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 6.6% | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2.2% |
| Net income | $250M | $273M | $211M | $106M | $83.6M |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 4.8% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $306M | $339M | $266M | $263M | $154M |
| Capital expenditure | $141M | $120M | $174M | $211M | $115M |
| Free cash flow | $166M | $220M | $92.8M | $51.7M | $39.6M |
| FCF margin | 3.3% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Dividends paid | $12.6M | $12.3M | $12.3M | $12.3M | $12.3M |
| Share buybacks | $80.0M | — | — | — | — |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $75.3M | $267M | $329M | $354M | $366M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $590M | $572M | $554M | $536M | $517M |
| Shareholders' equity | $983M | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.6x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 2.5x | 2.9x | 2.9x | 3.2x |
| Interest coverage | 14.4x | 17.5x | 13.2x | 6.7x | 6.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 17.8% | 18.2% | 13.2% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Return on equity | 27.7% | 24.3% | 15.5% | 7.0% | 5.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | 25.4% | 21.7% | 14.4% | 6.8% | 5.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Ingles Markets Inc · IMKTA
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
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Dividends and buybacks
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At $87.88 a share, the company is worth —.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000050493). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.