Forensic Analysis · Grocery & Drugstore · as of Nov 11, 2026

Ingles Markets Inc (IMKTA)

A forensic read on Ingles Markets Inc built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

C · Mixed — selective

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

5.9

Distress distance

Forensic signals

5.3%

ROE

-5.4%

Revenue growth

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Ingles Markets Inc earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 5.9, placing it in the Safe zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

4.7%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 4.7% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2023–FY2025 from 12.1%. After-tax operating profit was $221M in FY2023 and $89M in FY2025, with operating income at 5.0% of revenue in FY2023, 2.6% in FY2024 and 2.2% in FY2025. The capital base behind it went from $1.8B in FY2023 to $1.9B in FY2025 (+3%), while the revenue it carried went from $5.9B to $5.3B. FY2025's operating profit carried a $35M asset write-down that alone took about 1.4 points off that year's return, so about 1.4 of the 7.4-point fall across FY2023–FY2025 is that charge landing in the latest year rather than the capital earning less. FY2024's operating profit carried a $35M asset write-down that alone took about 1.4 points off that year's return; FY2024 sits between the two ends of FY2023–FY2025, so the charge shapes the path between them without moving the change across it. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$5.33B

Revenue Growth YoY-5.4%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)-4.9%

Net Margin1.6%

Free Cash Flow$39.6M

Return on Equity5.3%

Debt / Equity0.32x

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