Consumer Defensive
Ingredion Incorporated(INGR)
Live Price
Offline$97.93
-0.92% today
Window Change
-3.97%
Window
May 29, 2026 โ Jun 22, 2026
- Market Cap
- $7.05B
- Revenue Growth
- -2.8%
- EPS Growth
- +15.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.9%
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Coverage: 16 bars ยท May 29, 2026 โ Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Ingredion Incorporated (INGR) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $7.05B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $97.93 and down 4.0% across the available one-year price window (May 29, 2026 โ Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -2.8%, EPS growth of +15.0%, a dividend yield of 2.9%. What stands out right now is revenue -2.8%, EPS +15.0%, free cash flow -55.0% with operating margin 14.1% and ROIC 11.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 9.7 and price/sales 1.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines INGR price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-2.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+14.1% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
9.7 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -2.8% and EPS is at +15.0%, with operating margin around 14.1%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.9%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Benchmark Edge
INGR vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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INGR Max Drawdown
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Company Overview
Ingredion Incorporated
New York Stock Exchange
Ingredion Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells starches and sweeteners for various industries. It operates through four segments: North America; South America; Asia-Pacific; and Europe, Middle East and Africa. The company offers sweetener products comprising glucose syrups, high maltose syrups, high fructose corn syrups, caramel colors, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins, and glucose syrup solids, as well as food-grade and industrial starches, biomaterials, and nutrition ingredients. It also provides edible corn oil; refined corn oil to packers of cooking oil and to producers of margarine, salad dressings, shortening, mayonnaise, and other foods; and corn gluten feed used as protein feed for chickens, pet food, and aquaculture, as well as fruit and vegetable products, such as concentrates, purees and essences, pulse proteins, and hydrocolloids systems and blends. The company's products are derived primarily from processing corn and other starch-based materials, such as tapioca, potato, and rice. It serves food, beverage, brewing, and animal nutrition industries. The company was formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc. and changed its name to Ingredion Incorporated in June 2012. Ingredion Incorporated was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Westchester, Illinois.
- Leadership
- James Zallie
- IPO Date
- Dec 11, 1997
- Employees
- 11.0k
- Street Address
- 5 Westbrook Corporate Center
- Mailing
- Westchester, IL, 60154
- Region
- Westchester, IL, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 708 551 2600
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 9.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.3
- Price/Sales
- 1.0
- Price/Book
- 1.6
Growth
- Revenue
- -2.8%
- EPS
- +15.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -55.0%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 25.3%
- Operating Margin
- 14.1%
- Net Margin
- 10.1%
- ROE
- 17.2%
- ROIC
- 11.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.41
- Current Ratio
- 2.66
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