Ingredion - INGR Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ingredion in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" INGR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in INGR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Ingredion's stock. Their INGR share price forecasts range from $89.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $107.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price.
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Ingredion's stock was trading at $97.93 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, INGR stock has increased by 4.0% and is now trading at $101.81.
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Ingredion saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 636,500 shares, an increase of 12.2% from the February 13th total of 567,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 287,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE:INGR) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company reported $1.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.20. The company earned $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.02 billion. Ingredion had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.70% and a net margin of 6.19%. The firm's revenue was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.09 EPS.

Ingredion declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 15th. Investors of record on Monday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.71 per share on Tuesday, April 25th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 31st.
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Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.83%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, INGR will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.45% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ingredion updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.70-8.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $8.22.

61 employees have rated Ingredion Chief Executive Officer James Zallie on Glassdoor.com. James Zallie has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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Ingredion trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "INGR."

Ingredion's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (3.94%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.77%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (3.52%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.22%), Cooke & Bieler LP (1.71%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.70%). Insiders that own company stock include David Eric Seip, Elizabeth Adefioye, James D Gray, James P Zallie, Jinghuai Xu, Jorgen Kokke, Larry Fernandes, Stephan B Tanda, Valdirene Bastos-Evans, Valdirene Bastos-Licht and Y Landazuri Pierre Perez.
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One share of INGR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $101.81.

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) has a market capitalization of $6.72 billion and generates $7.95 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $492 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,700 workers across the globe.

Ingredion's mailing address is 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL, 60154. The official website for the company is www.ingredion.com. The company can be reached via phone at (708) 551-2600, via email at investor.relations@ingredion.com, or via fax at 708-551-2700.