Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 10.750-11.550 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 11.200. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on INGR shares. Barclays boosted their price objective on Ingredion from $145.00 to $168.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Ingredion from $128.00 to $147.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Stephens upgraded shares of Ingredion to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Ingredion from $165.00 to $173.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their target price on Ingredion from $147.00 to $178.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ingredion currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $155.17.

Ingredion Trading Down 7.0 %

INGR stock traded down $9.47 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $125.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 327,330 shares, compared to its average volume of 504,436. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $139.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $135.94. The company has a quick ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 2.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. Ingredion has a 52 week low of $107.40 and a 52 week high of $155.44. The stock has a market cap of $8.16 billion, a PE ratio of 12.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.74.

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $2.63 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.54 by $0.09. Ingredion had a return on equity of 17.75% and a net margin of 9.05%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Ingredion will post 10.59 EPS for the current year.

Ingredion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, January 2nd were given a $0.80 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.55%. Ingredion’s dividend payout ratio is presently 31.22%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO James D. Gray sold 54,869 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.76, for a total value of $8,052,574.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 12,795 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,877,794.20. This trade represents a 81.09 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, SVP Larry Fernandes sold 4,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $153.41, for a total value of $721,027.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 29,034 shares in the company, valued at $4,454,105.94. The trade was a 13.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 65,692 shares of company stock worth $9,634,868. Company insiders own 1.80% of the company’s stock.

Ingredion Company Profile

Ingredion Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterial solutions derived from wet milling and processing corn, and other starch-based materials to a range of industries in North America, South America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.