Ingles Markets, IncorporatedOpportunity Rank #124(IMKTA) Intrinsic Value & DCF Analysis (2026)
Current Price
$85.12
Last updated: Mar 24, 2026
Price vs Intrinsic Value
Fundamental Score
Weighted across 6 signals
Narrative Score
No change vs previous
The intrinsic value of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) is estimated at $232.56 per share based on a 10-year discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. At the current price of $85.12, the stock appears undervalued relative to its projected cash flow fundamentals. This estimate assumes a 2.58% long-term growth rate and a 10.00% discount rate (calculated: 7.02%), reflecting expected future free cash flow and cost of capital.
The intrinsic value of Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA) is estimated at $232.56 per share based on a 10-year discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. At the current price of $85.12, the stock appears undervalued relative to its projected cash flow fundamentals. This estimate assumes a 2.58% long-term growth rate and a 10.00% discount rate (calculated: 7.02%), reflecting expected future free cash flow and cost of capital.Valuation Details
Capital Efficiency
The company is earning below its required return. This may indicate inefficient use of capital or excess cash that isn't being reinvested.
Fundamental Details
Narrative Details
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How Intrinziq Estimates Fair Value
Intrinziq estimates Ingles Markets, Incorporated's intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow (DCF) model based on free cash flow trends and a market-based discount rate. The model projects future cash flows over ten years and discounts them using a market return assumption to estimate fair value.
Ingles Markets, IncorporatedConsumer Defensive
Ingles Markets, Incorporated operates a chain of supermarkets in the southeast United States. It offers food products, including grocery, meat and dairy products, produce, frozen foods, and other perishables; and non-food products, which include fuel centers, pharmacies, health and beauty care products, and general merchandise, as well as private label items. The company also owns and operates a milk processing and packaging plant that supplies organic milk, fruit juices, and bottled water products to other retailers, food service distributors, and grocery warehouses. In addition, it provides home meal replacement items, delicatessens, bakeries, floral departments, and greeting cards, as well as broad selections of local organic, beverage, and health-related items. As of September 25, 2021, the company operated 189 supermarkets under the brand name Ingles, and nine supermarkets under the brand name Sav-Mor in western North Carolina, western South Carolina, northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and northeastern Alabama, as well as 111 pharmacies and 107 fuel stations. Ingles Markets, Incorporated was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina.