Consumer Defensive
MGP Ingredients, Inc.(MGPI)
Live Price
Offline$16.44
+4.31% today
1Y Change
-44.98%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $410.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -23.8%
- EPS Growth
- -419.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
MGP Ingredients, Inc. (MGPI) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $410.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $16.44 and down 45.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -23.8%, EPS growth of -419.9%, a dividend yield of 2.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -23.8%, EPS -419.9%, free cash flow +144.5% with operating margin -51.2% and ROIC -27.5%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MGPI 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
-23.8% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-51.2% vs +6.6% 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 7, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -23.8% and EPS is at -419.9%, with operating margin around -51.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -3.7% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 7, 2026 | โ | +3.2% | -4.5% | -13.5% |
2026 Feb 25, 2026 | +28.6% | -2.8% | -8.1% | -8.4% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | +37.1% | -2.0% | +1.5% | -7.3% |
Benchmark Edge
MGPI 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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MGPI Max Drawdown
-52.05%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
MGP Ingredients, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies distilled spirits, branded spirits, and food ingredients. It operates through three segments: Distillery Products; Branded Spirits; and Ingredient Solutions. The Distillery Products segment provides food grade alcohol for beverage applications that include bourbon and rye whiskeys, as well as grain neutral spirits, including vodka and gin; and food-grade industrial alcohol, which is used as an ingredient in foods, personal care products, cleaning solutions, pharmaceuticals, and various other products. This segment also provides fuel-grade alcohol for blending with gasoline; distillers feed and related co-products, such as distillers feed and corn oil; and warehouse services, including barrel put away, storage, and retrieval services, as well as blending services. The Branded Spirits segment provides ultra-premium, premium, mid, and value branded distilled spirits. The Ingredient Solutions segment provides specialty wheat starches for food applications under the Fibersym, Resistant Starch, and FiberRite RW Resistant Starch names; specialty wheat proteins for food applications under the Arise and Proterra names; gluten-free textured pea proteins; commodity wheat starch for food and non-food applications; and commodity wheat proteins. The company sells its products directly or through distributors to manufacturers and processors of finished packaged goods or to bakeries primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, and Canada. MGP Ingredients, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Atchison, Kansas.
- Leadership
- Chris Wiseman
- IPO Date
- Oct 21, 1988
- Employees
- 660
- Street Address
- 100 Commercial Street
- Mailing
- Atchison, KS, 66002
- Region
- Atchison, KS, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 913 367 1480
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.8
- Price/Book
- 0.7
Growth
- Revenue
- -23.8%
- EPS
- -419.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +144.5%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 36.4%
- Operating Margin
- -51.2%
- Net Margin
- -46.0%
- ROE
- -32.0%
- ROIC
- -27.5%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.44
- Current Ratio
- 2.74
Earnings Reports
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