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How Ingles Markets, Incorporated stacks up
IMKTA · against 229 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
36/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #153 of 230 · scores higher than 31% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score24 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including IMKTA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 36?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 2.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.5% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.9% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = IMKTA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | IMKTA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 213 reported | 6.5% | 7.6% | 44% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 227 reported | 2.6% | 8.2% | 19% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 216 reported | 3.9% | 4.0% | 49% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported | 6.3% | 8.1% | 37% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 230 reported | 24.3% | 31.8% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around IMKTA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 153 | 21.2B CNY (≈$3.0B) | 36 | 51 | |
| 153 | 2.74T KRW (≈$2.0B) | 36 | 49 | |
| 153 | 320.1B JPY (≈$2.2B) | 36 | 47 | |
| 153 | 205.8B JPY (≈$1.4B) | 36 | 57 | |
| 153 | 1.6B USD | 36 | 53 | |
| 153 | 1.6B USD | 36 | 43 | |
| 159 | 242.0B JPY (≈$1.6B) | 35 | 58 | |
| 159 | 3.6B AUD (≈$2.4B) | 35 | 42 | |
| 159 | 50.5B THB (≈$1.4B) | 35 | 35 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score