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Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Sells 5,927 Shares of Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR)

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Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC cut its position in shares of Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR - Free Report) by 7.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 69,376 shares of the company's stock after selling 5,927 shares during the quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC owned about 0.11% of Ingredion worth $9,432,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. BOK Financial Private Wealth Inc. acquired a new stake in Ingredion in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Alpine Bank Wealth Management acquired a new stake in Ingredion in the first quarter worth $26,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in Ingredion by 653.3% in the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 226 shares of the company's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the period. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Ingredion in the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Ingredion by 32.4% in the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 323 shares of the company's stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. 85.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

INGR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Ingredion from $167.00 to $155.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Ingredion from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, June 8th. Finally, UBS Group set a $155.00 price objective on shares of Ingredion in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $152.20.

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Ingredion Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of INGR traded down $1.09 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $136.26. 367,679 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 468,793. The company has a current ratio of 2.85, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $137.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.83. Ingredion Incorporated has a 52 week low of $111.93 and a 52 week high of $155.44. The company has a market cap of $8.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.37, a PEG ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.72.

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The company reported $2.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.44 by $0.53. Ingredion had a net margin of 8.53% and a return on equity of 19.75%. The company had revenue of $1.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.84 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.08 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was down 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Ingredion Incorporated will post 11.14 EPS for the current year.

Ingredion Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 1st. Ingredion's payout ratio is currently 33.76%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Ingredion news, SVP Larry Fernandes sold 2,400 shares of Ingredion stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.82, for a total value of $325,968.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 31,996 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,345,696.72. The trade was a 6.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.80% of the company's stock.

Ingredion Company Profile

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Ingredion Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterial solutions derived from wet milling and processing corn, and other starch-based materials to a range of industries in North America, South America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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