Ingredion (INGR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR) is a global ingredient solutions company that develops and produces plant-based ingredients for food, beverage, animal nutrition, brewing, and industrial applications. Its portfolio includes sweeteners, starches, fibers, texturizers, nutrition ingredients, and other specialty solutions designed to improve taste, texture, stability, nutrition, and functionality.

The company processes plant-based raw materials, including corn, tapioca, potato, rice, and stevia, into ingredients used in products such as baked goods, dairy and plant-based foods, beverages, confectionery, sauces, and personal care products. Ingredion also supplies specialty ingredients for pharmaceuticals, paper and corrugated packaging, and other industrial markets.

Ingredion traces its roots to the Corn Products Refining Company, established in 1906, and serves customers in markets across North America, South America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company is headquartered in Westchester, Illinois. Jim Zallie has served as Ingredion’s president and chief executive officer since 2018.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $95.82 to $97.84
• 50-Day Range: $94.19 to $107.37
• 52-Week Range: $93.72 to $123.49
• Volume: 490,386 shs
• Average Volume: 687,341 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.14 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.61
• Dividend Yield: 3.41%
• Price Target: $120.29
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Ingredion Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ingredion scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 12th out of 168 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Ingredion has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.11, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Ingredion has a consensus price target of $120.29, representing about 23.6% upside from its current price of $97.29.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ingredion has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.74%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ingredion are expected to grow by 8.74% in the coming year, from $10.76 to $11.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ingredion is 10.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 36.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ingredion is 10.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 12.84.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Ingredion has a PEG Ratio of 0.82. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ingredion has a P/B Ratio of 1.44. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

7.74% of the float of Ingredion has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ingredion has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 7.15.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ingredion has recently increased by 6.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Ingredion pays a meaningful dividend of 3.45%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Ingredion has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Ingredion is 36.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Ingredion will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.38% next year. This indicates that Ingredion will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.08

News Sentiment

Ingredion has a news sentiment score of 0.08. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Ingredion this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Ingredion to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ingredion insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $170,039.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.60% of the stock of Ingredion is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.27% of the stock of Ingredion is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/21 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/21 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/21/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 10/20 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/20 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Agricultural Products & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:INGR
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:CPO
• CIK: 1046257
• Web: www.ingredion.com
• Phone: (708) 551-2600
• Fax: 708-551-2700
• Employees: 11,200
• Year Founded: 1906

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ingredion: $120.29
• High Price Target: $130.00
• Low Price Target: $104.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.11
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $9.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.04
• P/E Growth: 0.82
• Net Income: $729 million
• Net Margins: 8.21%
• Pretax Margin: 11.32%
• Return on Equity: 15.40%
• Return on Assets: 8.48%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.39
• Current Ratio: 2.80
• Quick Ratio: 1.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.22 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.85
• Cash Flow: $14.92 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.52
• Book Value: $67.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.44

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 63,064,000
• Free Float: 62,055,000
• Market Cap: $6.14 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.65