Ingredion (INGR)

Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
$96.75 -0.10% on the day Market cap $5.8B 52-week range $93.97 to $123.49 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $5.8B, Ingredion's free cash flow of $511M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Ingredion's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-2.5% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years0.5% a year
Revenue, same period2.7% a year
Price to free cash flow11.3x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from INGR's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation9
Profitability5
Growth2
Financial health6
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)10.6x
P/E (forward)8.61x
Price / free cash flow11.3x
EV / EBITDA6.56x
Price / sales0.80x
Price / book1.34x
Revenue growth+0.9%
Operating margin11.9%
Net margin8.2%
Return on equity13.1%
Dividend yield3.5%
Debt / equity0.77x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Ingredion's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$6.9B$7.9B$8.2B$7.4B$7.2B
Net income$117M$492M$643M$647M$729M
Free cash flow$92M-$148M$743M$1.1B$511M
EPS (diluted)$1.73$7.34$9.60$9.71$11.18
Operating margin4.5%9.6%11.7%11.9%14.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

T&HS$2.4B35%
F&II–LATAM$2.4B34%
F&II–U.S./Canada$2.1B31%

Superinvestors who own INGR

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 6 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $142M0.05%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Added $139M1.7%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Added $116M0.82%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $28M0.07%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $5M0.24%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Held $2M0.02%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Ingredion's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of INGR in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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Questions

What growth does Ingredion's stock price imply?

At a market value of $5.8B, Ingredion would need its free cash flow to grow about -3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 1% a year.

Are Ingredion insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of INGR in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Ingredion?

6 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold INGR in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Donald Yacktman, Charles Brandes.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.