Ingles Markets (IMKTA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ingles Markets' stock was trading at $96.46 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, IMKTA shares have decreased by 21.9% and is now trading at $75.33.
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Ingles Markets saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 350,200 shares, an increase of 25.4% from the August 31st total of 279,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 77,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 22nd 2023.
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Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ:IMKTA) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company reported $2.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm earned $1.43 billion during the quarter. Ingles Markets had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.07% and a net margin of 3.96%.

Ingles Markets announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 6th will be given a dividend of $0.165 per share on Thursday, July 13th. This represents a $0.66 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 5th.
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Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.88%. The dividend payout ratio is 5.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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14 employees have rated Ingles Markets Chief Executive Officer Jim Lanning on Glassdoor.com. Jim Lanning has an approval rating of 57% among the company's employees. This puts Jim Lanning in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Ingles Markets trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IMKTA."

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One share of IMKTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.33.

Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) has a market capitalization of $1.43 billion and generates $5.76 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $272.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 26,000 workers across the globe.

Ingles Markets' mailing address is PO BOX 6676, ASHEVILLE NC, 28816. The official website for the company is www.ingles-markets.com. The company can be reached via phone at (828) 669-2941, via email at rfreeman@ingles-markets.com, or via fax at 82-8-6693-678x.