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Ingredion Incorporated is a packaged foods business based in the US. Ingredion Incorporated shares (INGR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Ingredion Incorporated employs 12,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$6 billion.
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Latest market close | USD$90.66 |
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52-week range | USD$67.6792 - USD$93.0098 |
50-day moving average | USD$90.8646 |
200-day moving average | USD$81.6867 |
Wall St. target price | USD$90 |
PE ratio | 17.8272 |
Dividend yield | USD$2.54 (2.78%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$5.15 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $90.66 from 2021-02-25
1 week (2021-04-09) | 0.29% |
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1 month (2021-03-18) | -0.69% |
3 months (2021-01-14) | 14.86% |
6 months (2020-10-14) | 16.14% |
1 year (2020-04-14) | 11.17% |
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2 years (2019-04-14) | N/A |
3 years (2018-04-14) | N/A |
5 years (2016-04-14) | 106.56 |
Valuing Ingredion Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Ingredion Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Ingredion Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, Ingredion Incorporated shares trade at around 18x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Ingredion Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.2213. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ingredion Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Ingredion Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$858 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ingredion Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$6 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 10.91% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$1.3 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 6.33% |
Return on equity TTM | 12.24% |
Profit margin | 5.81% |
Book value | $44.034 |
Market capitalisation | USD$6.2 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 2.1 million Ingredion Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as Ingredion Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 26.6% down from 2.9 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Ingredion Incorporated shares can be evaluated.
Ingredion Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Ingredion Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Ingredion Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 468625.32751092). Ingredion Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 4.58. In other words for every 100,000 Ingredion Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4580 shares are currently held short.
However Ingredion Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Ingredion Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable Ingredion Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Ingredion Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Ingredion Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0322% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Ingredion Incorporated shares, roughly 32 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Ingredion Incorporated.
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Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Ingredion Incorporated.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 32.94
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Ingredion Incorporated's overall score of 32.94 (as at 12/31/2018) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 58th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Ingredion Incorporated is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 14.77/100
Ingredion Incorporated's environmental score of 14.77 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ingredion Incorporated is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 13.59/100
Ingredion Incorporated's social score of 13.59 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Ingredion Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 7.07/100
Ingredion Incorporated's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Ingredion Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Ingredion Incorporated scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Ingredion Incorporated has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Ingredion Incorporated was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 32.94 |
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Total ESG percentile | 58.16 |
Environmental score | 14.77 |
Environmental score percentile | 6 |
Social score | 13.59 |
Social score percentile | 6 |
Governance score | 7.07 |
Governance score percentile | 6 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 40.93% of net profits
Recently Ingredion Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 40.93% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.83% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Ingredion Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 2.83% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Ingredion Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $2.54 per share.
While Ingredion Incorporated's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Ingredion Incorporated may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Ingredion Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 25 April 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 March 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Ingredion Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 25 January 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Ingredion Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Ingredion Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Ingredion Incorporated's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Ingredion Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $67.6792 up to $93.0098. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Ingredion Incorporated's is 0.8246. This would suggest that Ingredion Incorporated's shares are less volatile than average (for this 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, paper and corrugating products, brewing, pharmaceutical, textile, and personal care industries, as well as animal feed markets. The company was formerly known as Corn Products International, Inc.
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