Ingles Markets $IMKTA Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED ($IMKTA). Last filing: 8-K (5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers), 2026-09-14. 9 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $5.3B (FY2025), total debt $514.8M. Experience: revenue down 5.4% on the year, up 1.7% a year over 4 years; operating margin 2.2%, down from 2.6%. Soundness: equity 63.0% of assets, return on equity 5.2%, payout 14.7% of profit. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $4.4B and $5.7B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $4.0B to $6.2B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (10 filers, $50M+ revenue, retail-grocery stores): operating margin 2.2% against a 2.3% median; growth -5.4% against 4.4%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $154M · −$110M · −$32M · $40M |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $366M · — · — · current ratio 3.22 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 8.6% · 63.8% |
Ingles Markets is growing slower than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-27 |
| Revenue | $5.3B |
| Revenue, on the year | −5.4% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 1.7% |
| Operating margin | 2.2% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 2.6% |
| Net margin | 1.6% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $515M |
| Equity of assets | 63.0% |
| Return on equity | 5.2% |
| Payout of profit | 14.7% |
| Dividend per share | — |
| Earnings per share | — |
| Book value per share | — |
| Revenue per share | — |
| Shares outstanding | — |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 10 filers with $50M+ revenue in retail-grocery stores.
Health HarborIngles Markets sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×4
Sailing speed follows growth: -2.1% a year crosses the harbor in 86 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-09-14 · 5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers; 5.03 Amendments to Articles or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year; 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-06
- 8-K · 2026-08-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-08-04 · 5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers
- 10-Q · 2026-05-07
- 8-K · 2026-05-07 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company