Ingles Markets, Incorporated
Rank #84DeclineIMKTA · Nasdaq · Consumer Defensive
Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) — Rank #84 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.48) · ROE 5.0% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000050493 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Ingles Markets, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of supermarkets in the United States.
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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.
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- NC
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- September 26
- Website
- ingles-markets.com
Financials
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-27filed 2025-11-26 | 2024-09-28filed 2024-12-27 | 2023-09-30filed 2023-11-29 | 2022-09-24filed 2022-11-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | ||||
| Depreciation & amortization | 122.9 | 121.6 | 116.0 | 117.8 |
| Change in inventory | 20.9 | (1.3) | 35.9 | 68.0 |
| Operating cash flow | 154.1 | 262.5 | 266.4 | 339.5 |
| Investing | ||||
| Capital expenditures | 114.5 | 210.9 | 173.6 | 119.6 |
| Investing cash flow | (109.9) | (206.2) | (170.1) | (112.0) |
| Financing | ||||
| Debt issued | — | — | — | — |
| Debt repaid | 18.3 | 18.3 | 22.5 | 18.4 |
| Share repurchases | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| Financing cash flow | (31.6) | (31.2) | (35.0) | (30.6) |
| Summary | ||||
| Free cash flow | 39.6 | 51.7 | 92.8 | 219.9 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?