Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock (IMKTA) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 71 Consumer Staples companies.
Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock (IMKTA) scores 4.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as mixed quality. The reading rests on solvency, and growth is what holds it back.
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Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock (IMKTA) has a Lemma Quality Score of 4.5 out of 10 as of October 17, 2026, which reads as mixed quality. A mixed reading means the strengths and weaknesses roughly cancel out, and the case for the business depends on which pillars you care about most. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Ranked with the 71 Consumer Staples companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 23rd percentile, among the weakest quarter of its peers. A typical company in the group scores 5.8, and the best quarter starts from 6.8. Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock is below that typical reading.
Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock’s profitability score is 2.9 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 4.7 among 71 Consumer Staples companies, that is well below the group and the 24th percentile. Low margins and returns leave little cushion, so a downturn or a cost increase reaches the bottom line quickly.
Solvency scores 7.6 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 65 Consumer Staples companies is 6.9, so Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 66th percentile. Strong solvency points to a balance sheet that can carry its debts comfortably, with interest well covered and little pressure from creditors.
Growth scores 1.1 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 67 Consumer Staples companies is 4.0, so Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 6th percentile. When growth is this low the question is whether it is a pause or a trend, and the history behind the filings is the place to look.
Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock’s efficiency score is 5.2 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 6.7 among 68 Consumer Staples companies, that is well below the group and the 10th percentile. Efficiency near the median says the operation is neither unusually lean nor unusually capital hungry.
Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock’s predictability score is 6.5 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 6.1 among 71 Consumer Staples companies, that is in line with the group and the 61st percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
This is a lopsided profile. Solvency scores 7.6 but growth only 1.1, a gap of 6.5 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. A solvency lead means the balance sheet is the company’s strongest asset, a cushion that buys time when trading gets harder. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Of everything that could lift Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock’s score, growth matters most. Bringing it up to the 4.0 median of Consumer Staples companies would take the overall from 4.5 to roughly 5.1. All five pillars could be scored, so the overall uses the full set of weights out of 100: profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20.
These are the Consumer Staples companies closest to Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock scores 4.5 out of 10, which reads as mixed quality. Its strongest pillar is solvency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock ranks at the 23rd percentile of the 71 Consumer Staples companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.8 and the top quarter starts at 6.8, against Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Common Stock’s 4.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 17, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for IMKTA are in the app.
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