INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA)
Consumer Staples · food retail · NASDAQ
Ingles Markets is a Southeastern US grocery chain operating a retail store network supported by internal distribution and fueling operations.
What INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A does
Ingles Markets is a supermarket chain operating in the Southeastern United States. The company operates a network of grocery stores that offer a variety of food, fuel, pharmacy, and general merchandise products.
Themes: food retail, pharmacy services, fuel retail
Fundamentals
- Price$85.14 as of 2026-10-21 close
- Market cap$1.6B as of 2026-06-27 (share count; price 2026-10-21)
- 1-year return+17.2% 2025-10-21 close $72.64 → 2026-10-21 close $85.14
- P/E15.56 as of 2026-10-21; diluted EPS of the listed share class, as reported in the 10-Q/10-K
- Net margin+1.6% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+23.9% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+5.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROIC+5.1% NOPAT / (debt + equity - cash), average capital — 10-K FY2025 (year ended 2025-09-27)
- Debt / equity0.30 borrowings, leases excluded / equity — 10-Q/10-K balance sheet 2026-06-27
- Revenue growth (YoY)-5.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.27 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.8%; pays a dividend.
How IMKTA compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 85 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-10-21
- net profit marginmiddle range 105 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginbottom 25% 98 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginbottom 25% 93 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitymiddle range 106 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 109 covered Consumer Staples peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 71 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 110 covered Consumer Staples peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Staples companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, IMKTA's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 15%, free-cash-flow payout 31%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout15% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout31% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
Quarterly results
| Quarter | Revenue | Gross profit | Operating income | Net income | Operating cash flow | Capex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2026 2026-06-27 | $1.4B | $332M | $34M | $26M | $67M† | $23M† |
| Q2 FY2026 2026-03-28 | $1.3B | $325M | $34M | $24M | $84M† | $17M† |
| Q1 FY2026 2025-12-27 | $1.4B | $335M | $39M | $28M | $38M | $36M |
| Q4 FY2025 2025-09-27 | $1.4B† | $335M† | $35M† | $26M† | $60M† | $23M† |
| Q3 FY2025 2025-06-28 | $1.3B | $327M | $37M | $26M | $75M† | $29M† |
| Q2 FY2025 2025-03-29 | $1.3B | $311M | $22M | $15M | $63M† | $24M† |
| Q1 FY2025 2024-12-28 | $1.3B | $301M | $24M | $17M | -$44M | $38M |
| Q4 FY2024 2024-09-28 | $1.4B† | $299M† | -$1M† | -$1M† | $73M† | $68M† |
† Not filed as a discrete quarter: derived from the company's own year-to-date figures (for example the fourth quarter as the fiscal year minus the first nine months). A derived per-share figure is approximate, because the share count moves within the year.
Balance sheet at 2026-06-27
- Cash and equivalents$455M includes restricted cash (the filer tags no unrestricted total)
- Total debt$501M borrowings only; leases excluded
- Net debt$45M total debt − cash − short-term investments
From the company's own SEC 10-Q and 10-K filings (XBRL), re-read every week. Figures in US dollars as filed; informational only — not financial advice.
How INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A looks technically
INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) is trading 0.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 9 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 13, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 50, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 0.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -0.4% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $84.35 | $84.35 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $85.47 | $85.47 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 87.17. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 9 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 9 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 13, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 12.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 50, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 50.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($83.38 to $89.00) — its "stochastic" reading is 31 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 31.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $95.62 | $95.62 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 11.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -11.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 26.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +26.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 11.0% below its highest point of the past year | 11.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 5 trading days ago | 5 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 36 trading days ago | 36 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $102.99 (set on 2022-12-13) | $102.99 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($68.55 to $95.23), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 38% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $77.89 to $78.74. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 37.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 17.3% below its all-time high | -17.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.0% above a support level at $84.33 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-07-23, most recently on 2026-09-14. Since 2024-10-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $10.99 (set on 2009-03-09) | $10.99 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 674.7% above its all-time low | +674.7% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 0th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.97 between its high and its low — about 2.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.97 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $83.74 and $87.02 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $83.74 – $85.38 – $87.02 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.3% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (0.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.95× |
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Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | -0.1% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 2.5 percentage points (the stock gained 2.5% while the market lost 0.1%) | +2.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 8.4 percentage points (the stock lost 5.1% while the market gained 3.3%) | -8.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 13.0 percentage points (the stock lost 3.2% while the market gained 9.8%) | -13.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 2.0 percentage points (the stock gained 17.2% while the market gained 15.2%) | +2.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-15 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.0% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $85.74 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 199 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.7% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
IMKTA last closed at $85.14 on 2026-10-21. Since 2024-10-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $84.33 | Support | 1.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-07-23 to 2026-09-14 |
| $86.44 | Resistance | 1.5% above the last close | turned there five times · 2026-04-21 to 2026-10-06 |
| $82.41 | Support | 3.2% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-03-20 to 2026-09-18 |
| $89.85 | Resistance | 5.5% above the last close | turned there six times · 2026-02-13 to 2026-08-13 |
| $79.76 | Support | 6.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-11 to 2026-09-01 |
| $93.69 | Resistance | 10.1% above the last close | turned there five times · 2026-05-01 to 2026-08-05 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $87.17.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $71.54 and $77.51 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $87.17.
This reading has stood for 7 trading days, since 2026-10-13.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Trading above the 50-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Intense competition in the retail grocery industry","Fluctuations in commodity prices and food costs","Exposure to interest rate fluctuations related to debt obligations"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of IMKTA's 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the prior one filed 2026-05-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) states the Company opened one new store in North Carolina during the quarter ended June 27, 2026.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) states insurance proceeds of $5.8 million were received during fiscal year 2026 for inventory damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) includes vendor allowance figures for the fiscal quarters ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, and the nine-month periods ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) includes vendor advertising allowance figure for the fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2026.
- Removed:
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) states insurance proceeds of $4.7 million were received during fiscal year 2025 for inventory damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene.
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) includes vendor allowance figures for the fiscal quarters ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, and the six-month periods ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025.
- Older filing (filed 2026-05-07) includes vendor advertising allowance figure for both fiscal quarters ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025.
- Reworded:
- Store count by state updated: newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) reports 195 supermarkets with 73 in North Carolina; older filing (filed 2026-05-07) reports 194 supermarkets with 72 in North Carolina.
- Self-insurance reserve date and recovery receivable amount updated: newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) reports reserves of $36.0 million at June 27, 2026 with $3.3 million expected recoveries receivable; older filing (filed 2026-05-07) reports reserves of $36.0 million at March 28, 2026 with $3.2 million expected recoveries receivable.
- Asset impairment assessment period updated: newer filing (filed 2026-08-06) states no asset impairments during the nine-month period ended June 27, 2026; older filing (filed 2026-05-07) states no asset impairments during the six-month period ended March 28, 2026.
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the end of the Vendor Allowances section, so any changes appearing after that point could not be assessed.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-17. The 5 days since 2026-10-17 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-171 buy ($44035) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-20. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-17; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding IMKTA as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 1,825,172
- Reported value $161,673,758
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
IMKTA had 1,155,829 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-30 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for IMKTA because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,155,829
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,142,673
- Reported change 1.15%
- Days to cover (reported) 9.72
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-30 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Kroger (KR)
- Publix Super Markets
- Walmart (WMT)
- Food Lion
- Harris Teeter
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Frequently asked questions
What does INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) do?
Ingles Markets is a supermarket chain operating in the Southeastern United States. The company operates a network of grocery stores that offer a variety of food, fuel, pharmacy, and general merchandise products.
What sector is INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) in?
INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) is classified in the Consumer Staples sector. Its industry is food retail. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does IMKTA pay a dividend?
Yes — INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.82% (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A's (IMKTA) competitors?
Notable peers of INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) include Kroger, Publix Super Markets, Walmart, Food Lion and Harris Teeter. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) overbought or oversold right now?
INGLES MARKETS INC CLASS A (IMKTA) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 50, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on IMKTA come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.