IMKTA PEER ANALYSIS

Ingles Markets Incorporated — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

IMKTAIngles Markets Incorporated

🇺🇸 USA · NASDAQ · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Grocery Stores

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

IMKTAIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	IMKTA	NWC	MGROS	BIMAS	CRFSA	TSCO	Ind. Median
P/E	16.49	17.03	16.17	9.57●	—	16.32	19.25
P/B	1.03	2.96	1.28	1.12	-6.52●	2.54	2.39
EV/EBITDA	6.56	8.10	15.11	5.10●	—	8.00	8.10
P/S	0.32	0.93	0.26	0.27	0.22●	0.40	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	IMKTA	NWC	MGROS	BIMAS	CRFSA	TSCO	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.34●	2.12	0.80	1.07	0.40	0.59	0.90
Debt/Equity	31.9%	57.0%	41.0%	30.4%	-771.4%●	131.6%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.40	0.98	0.94	0.59	-6.29●	2.18	1.93

Profitability
Metric	IMKTA	NWC	MGROS	BIMAS	CRFSA	TSCO	Ind. Median
Net Margin	1.9%	5.4%●	1.6%	2.8%	-8.3%	2.4%	1.9%
ROE	6.5%	18.0%●	9.2%	13.8%	—	15.5%	12.3%
ROA	4.1%	9.0%●	3.6%	6.5%	-20.6%	4.6%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	5.2%	13.0%●	1.8%	6.0%	-3.8%	6.8%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	IMKTA	NWC	MGROS	BIMAS	CRFSA	TSCO	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.3%	-0.5%	13.5%	14.9%●	0.9%	5.4%	3.3%
NI Growth	68.4%●	2.5%	-11.9%	-3.3%	—	9.9%	-3.4%
Div. Yield	0.7%	3.3%	1.9%	3.8%●	0.0%	3.1%	1.9%
Payout	11.8%	55.2%	30.8%	36.4%	0.0%	52.4%	39.3%

Valuation
Metric	IMKTA	WMK	GO	NGVC	VLGEA	DNUT	Ind. Median
P/E	16.49	19.65	—	15.93	11.55●	—	19.25
P/B	1.03	1.45	1.27	3.32	1.22	0.95●	2.39
EV/EBITDA	6.56●	7.96	—	11.15	7.23	—	8.10
P/S	0.32	0.40	0.22●	0.57	0.26	0.40	0.37

Financial Health
Metric	IMKTA	WMK	GO	NGVC	VLGEA	DNUT	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.34●	2.04	1.28	1.05	1.17	0.42	0.90
Debt/Equity	31.9%	12.7%●	228.2%	139.9%	62.2%	70.4%	119.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	0.40	-0.10	-7.40●	3.15	1.69	-1.15	1.93

Profitability
Metric	IMKTA	WMK	GO	NGVC	VLGEA	DNUT	Ind. Median
Net Margin	1.9%	2.0%	-8.1%	3.6%●	2.3%	-33.7%	1.9%
ROE	6.5%	7.1%	-38.4%	22.7%●	10.9%	-58.9%	12.3%
ROA	4.1%	4.9%	-12.3%	7.1%●	5.4%	-18.7%	3.9%
EBITDA Margin	5.2%	4.9%	-5.1%	7.2%●	4.7%	-21.2%	6.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	IMKTA	WMK	GO	NGVC	VLGEA	DNUT	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-0.3%	4.0%	6.0%●	3.1%	4.2%	-5.2%	3.3%
NI Growth	68.4%●	-5.8%	—	16.8%	-3.4%	—	-3.4%
Div. Yield	0.7%	1.7%	—	1.7%	2.3%●	1.0%	1.9%
Payout	11.8%	34.0%	—	25.8%	24.5%	-1.2%	39.3%

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