Ingredion Incorporated Competitors

INGR Stock

USD 110.79 0.73 0.66%

The company conducts business in the Food Products sector. Within this framework, Ingredion Incorporated is compared with ConAgra Foods, Campbells, Pilgrims Pride, Post Holdings, and Lamb Weston, along with other selected peers. Ingredion Incorporated margin trends reveal whether its pricing power is holding up against peers.

Ingredion Incorporated and Smithfield Foods Correlation Summary

Poor diversification

Ingredion Incorporated currently posts a 0.66 correlation with Smithfield Foods, indicating a Poor diversification relationship for the active sample. The overlap area shows the portion of risk that can be diversified away by holding both instruments together.

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0.63	AHF	Australian Dairy	Pair Corr
0.5	CLIUF	City of London	Pair Corr
0.4	AY5	Australian Agricultural	Pair Corr

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Mean reversion is the tendency of Ingredion Incorporated's price to return to its historical average after periods of extreme deviation. Some analysts monitor this tendency by comparing Ingredion Incorporated's price extremes to fundamental value.

Hype

Prediction

Low	Estimated	High
109.75	110.79	111.83

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Intrinsic

Valuation

Low	Real	High
99.71	120.11	121.15

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Analyst

Consensus

Low	Target	High
115.96	127.43	141.45

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Earnings

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Low	Projected EPS	High
2.37	2.48	2.53

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Competitive analysis for Ingredion Incorporated compares its financial performance and valuation against sector peers. This relative perspective often changes investment conclusions drawn from standalone analysis.

Ingredion Incorporated Competition Correlation Matrix

Studying peer correlation around Ingredion Incorporated gives investors a cleaner read on how much independent price behavior still exists across the competitive set. This matrix is most informative when investors want to know whether adding another peer would improve diversification, increase crowding, or leave total risk largely unchanged.

	CAG	CPB	PPC	POST	LW	SFM	OLLI	TAL	DAR	SFD
CAG		0.67	0.81	0.82	0.81	-0.71	0.17	0.07	0.19	0.67	CAG
CPB	0.67		0.81	0.48	0.57	-0.53	0.61	0.2	-0.56	0.06	CPB
PPC	0.81	0.81		0.53	0.64	-0.71	0.48	0.21	-0.16	0.43	PPC
POST	0.82	0.48	0.53		0.73	-0.6	0.1	-0.05	0.3	0.63	POST
LW	0.81	0.57	0.64	0.73		-0.63	0.09	0.09	0.17	0.61	LW
SFM	-0.71	-0.53	-0.71	-0.6	-0.63		-0.19	-0.26	-0.18	-0.57	SFM
OLLI	0.17	0.61	0.48	0.1	0.09	-0.19		0.13	-0.62	-0.28	OLLI
TAL	0.07	0.2	0.21	-0.05	0.09	-0.26	0.13		-0.09	-0.04	TAL
DAR	0.19	-0.56	-0.16	0.3	0.17	-0.18	-0.62	-0.09		0.73	DAR
SFD	0.67	0.06	0.43	0.63	0.61	-0.57	-0.28	-0.04	0.73		SFD
	CAG	CPB	PPC	POST	LW	SFM	OLLI	TAL	DAR	SFD

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High positive correlations

POST	+ 0.82	CAG
PPC	+ 0.81	CAG
LW	+ 0.81	CAG
PPC	+ 0.81	CPB
LW	+ 0.73	POST
SFD	+ 0.73	DAR

High negative correlations

SFM	- 0.71	PPC
SFM	- 0.71	CAG
SFM	- 0.63	LW
DAR	- 0.62	OLLI
SFM	- 0.6	POST
SFD	- 0.57	SFM

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

Headline performance for Ingredion Stock may not fully reflect how the business compares across its competitive set. Peer-relative risk metrics add context on drawdown behavior, consistency, and return quality. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors evaluate volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across different positions.

	Mean Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
CAG	1.70	-0.17	0.00	-0.65	0.00	0.00	3.57	-4.40	10.06
CPB	1.54	-0.44	0.00	-2.79	0.00	0.00	2.68	-3.77	12.74
PPC	1.36	-0.13	0.00	-0.40	0.00	0.00	3.27	-3.18	7.67
POST	1.13	-0.08	0.00	2.22	0.00	0.00	2.02	-2.80	13.59
LW	1.94	-0.42	0.00	-1.01	0.00	0.00	3.04	-2.96	25.93
SFM	1.99	-0.09	0.00	0.23	0.00	0.00	4.34	-3.68	11.57
OLLI	1.75	-0.22	0.00	-1.41	0.00	0.00	5.05	-3.76	10.70
TAL	2.17	0.14	0.05	0.08	2.37	-2.33	5.32	-3.66	23.09
DAR	1.39	0.84	0.61	1.48	0.60	-1.69	4.10	-2.05	8.55
SFD	1.06	0.15	0.15	0.60	1.19	-1.17	2.24	-2.03	6.93

Peer Comparison: Net Income

Net income is one of the most important fundamental items in finance. It plays a large role in Ingredion Incorporated financial statement analysis. It represents the amount of money remaining after all of Ingredion Incorporated operating expenses, interest, taxes and preferred stock dividends have been deducted from a company total revenue.

Compare Ingredion Incorporated and related stocks such as ConAgra Foods, Campbells, and Pilgrims Pride Corp Net Income Over Time

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	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CAG	105.3 M	467.9 M	773.9 M	303.1 M	-252.6 M	-677 M	639.3 M	808.4 M	678.3 M	840.1 M	1.3 B	888.2 M	683.6 M	347.2 M	1.2 B	1.3 B	1.4 B
CPB	223.2 M	774 M	458 M	866 M	666 M	563 M	887 M	261 M	211 M	1.6 B	1 B	757 M	858 M	567 M	602 M	692.3 M	686.5 M
PPC	9.2 M	-496.8 M	174.2 M	549.6 M	711.6 M	662.9 M	480.9 M	718.1 M	247.9 M	455.9 M	94.8 M	31 M	745.9 M	321.6 M	1.1 B	1.1 B	1.1 B
POST	121.8 M	49.9 M	15.2 M	-343.2 M	-115.3 M	-3.3 M	48.3 M	467.3 M	124.7 M	800 K	166.7 M	756.6 M	301.3 M	366.7 M	335.7 M	386.1 M	405.4 M
LW	298.3 M	298.3 M	298.3 M	260.9 M	268.3 M	285.3 M	326.9 M	416.8 M	478.6 M	365.9 M	317.8 M	200.9 M	1 B	725.5 M	357.2 M	410.8 M	449.4 M
SFM	4.9 M	-27.4 M	19.5 M	51.3 M	107.7 M	129 M	124.3 M	158.4 M	158.5 M	149.6 M	287.4 M	244.2 M	261.2 M	258.9 M	380.6 M	523.7 M	549.9 M
OLLI	19.5 M	19.5 M	19.5 M	19.5 M	26.9 M	35.8 M	59.8 M	127.6 M	135 M	141.1 M	242.7 M	157.5 M	102.8 M	181.4 M	199.8 M	240.6 M	141.4 M
TAL	7.3 M	33.4 M	33.4 M	60.6 M	67.2 M	116.7 M	116.7 M	199.6 M	366.7 M	-116.3 M	-116.3 M	-1.1 B	-135.1 M	84.7 M	84.7 M	-3.6 M	-3.7 M
DAR	7.4 M	169.4 M	130.8 M	109 M	64.2 M	78.5 M	102.3 M	128.5 M	101.5 M	312.6 M	296.8 M	650.9 M	737.7 M	647.7 M	278.9 M	62.8 M	59.7 M
SFD	9.2 M	361.3 M	183.8 M	556.1 M	556.1 M	452.3 M	472 M	472 M	472 M	472 M	472 M	472 M	870 M	17 M	953 M	987 M	1 B

Ingredion Incorporated Competitive Analysis

To gauge Ingredion Incorporated's financial strength, comparing it with ConAgra Foods, Campbells, and Pilgrims Pride offers useful context. Ingredion Incorporated is valued at 7.04 B and generates 7.22 B in revenue. A 18.10% return on equity and 10.10% net margin underscore Ingredion Incorporated's earnings capacity. Return on equity favors Ingredion Incorporated at 18.10%, well ahead of ConAgra Foods at -1.16%. Profit margins tilt toward Ingredion Incorporated at 10.10% against Campbells at 5.48%. Pilgrims Pride carries a higher earnings multiple of 49.96x compared to 18.78x for Ingredion Incorporated.

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	INGR	CAG	CPB	PPC	POST	LW	SFM	OLLI	TAL	DAR
	0.66 110.79 Ingredion	1.54 15.32 ConAgra	0.48 20.81 Campbells	0.57 35.42 Pilgrims	1.37 96.02 Post	0.72 41.79 Lamb	0.52 75.26 Sprouts	1.26 93.26 Ollies	2.26 11.30 TAL	1.31 58.84 Darling
Market Volatility (90 Days Market Risk)	Very Low	Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Stable	Very Low
Market Performance (90 Days Performance)	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Soft	Robust
Odds of Financial Distress (Probability Of Bankruptcy)	Low	Small	Small	Tiny	Low	Tiny	Low	Low	Low	Tiny
Current Valuation (Equity Enterprise Value)	Under Valued	Under Valued	Under Valued	Under Valued	Under Valued	Under Valued	Fairly Valued	Over Valued	Under Valued	Under Valued
Buy or Sell Analysis (Average Analysts Consensus)	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy
Trade Advice (90 Days Macroaxis Advice)	Strong Hold	Cautious Hold	Hold	Hold	Strong Sell	Strong Hold	Sell	Sell	Strong Hold	Strong Buy
Current Ratio	1.72	0.78	0.68	1.55	3.02	2.09	1.28	2.85	4.59	1.52
Net Asset	7.9 B	20.93 B	14.9 B	10.34 B	13.53 B	7.39 B	4.16 B	2.95 B	5.5 B	10.3 B
Profit Margin	0.1	-0.0087	0.0548	0.0585	0.0382	0.0606	0.0595	0.0908	0.0989	0.0102
EBITDA	1.23 B	1.97 B	1.57 B	2.12 B	1.33 B	1.07 B	995.76 M	378.18 M	40.74 M	922.3 M
Operating Margin	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.0831	0.11	0.0947	0.0573	0.14	0.12	0.0805
Current Valuation	7.81 B	14.83 B	12.8 B	11.08 B	11.82 B	9.42 B	9.42 B	6.46 B	3.72 B	12.82 B
Price To Book	1.58	0.9	1.57	2.27	1.34	3.17	5.52	3.21	1.99	1.85
Retained Earnings	5.61 B	6.76 B	4.69 B	2.25 B	2.12 B	2.85 B	561.13 M	1.61 B	-624.08 M	4.07 B
Current Asset	1.95 B	3.58 B	1.91 B	1.75 B	2.08 B	780 M	345.21 M	223.81 M	184.92 M	931.79 M
Five Year Return	2.73	2.91	3.24	N/A	N/A	1.25	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Beta	0.69	-0.061	-0.064	0.42	0.34	0.43	0.7	0.53	0.19	1.21
Number Of Employees	11.2 K	18.3 K	13.7 K	63 K	13.18 K	10.1 K	36 K	6.5 K	23 K	15 K
Shares Outstanding	62.95 M	478.37 M	298.15 M	237.55 M	47.96 M	138.88 M	94.58 M	60.96 M	461.05 M	158.73 M
Cash Flow From Operations	944 M	1.69 B	1.13 B	1.37 B	998.3 M	868.3 M	716 M	296.54 M	397.92 M	1.06 B
Annual Yield	0.0298	0.0914	0.0746	0.13	N/A	0.0366	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total Debt	1.79 B	8.07 B	7.21 B	3.35 B	7.7 B	4.16 B	1.94 B	685.93 M	333.35 M	4.16 B
Return On Equity	0.18	-0.0116	0.14	0.27	0.0867	0.23	0.38	0.13	0.0767	0.0152
Return On Asset	0.0847	0.044	0.0535	0.11	0.042	0.0691	0.11	0.0675	0.02	0.025
Number Of Shares Shorted	2.52 M	39.51 M	39.79 M	6.32 M	5.41 M	7.4 M	10.99 M	4.26 M	21.52 M	6.65 M
Book Value Per Share	67.87	16.91	13.44	15.49	72.09	12.63	14.63	30.91	6.3	29.94
Current Liabilities	742 M	2.53 B	2.56 B	846.96 M	634 M	409.6 M	230.42 M	96.77 M	552.58 M	441.67 M
Total Asset	7.9 B	20.93 B	14.9 B	10.34 B	13.53 B	7.39 B	4.16 B	2.95 B	5.5 B	10.3 B
Debt To Equity	0.74	1.05	1.52	1.28	1.65	5.42	1.45	0.34	0.041	0.94
Short Ratio	4.13	2.83	4.34	7.17	8.15	3.3	3.42	3.44	5.31	2.37
Target Price	127.43	18.64	25.71	44.38	130.13	52.55	92.07	138.6	15.65	62.77
Last Dividend Paid	3.24	1.4	1.56	N/A	N/A	1.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Shares Owned By Institutions	97.4	87.19	62.44	20.15	85.44	94.27	99.52	99.7	58.1	98.81
Market Capitalization	7.04 B	7.33 B	6.2 B	8.37 B	5.01 B	5.78 B	7.33 B	5.72 B	6.88 B	9.22 B
Price To Earning	18.78	15.28	19.8	49.96	7.65	30.45	14.45	16.35	N/A	16.11
Price To Earnings To Growth	1.32	10.86	0.55	0.49	1.19	0.77	1.14	2.08	0.46	4.31
Price To Sales	0.98	0.65	0.62	0.45	0.6	0.89	0.83	2.16	2.44	1.5
Net Income	729 M	1.15 B	602 M	1.08 B	335.7 M	357.2 M	523.67 M	240.6 M	84.26 M	62.8 M
Earnings Per Share	11.26	-0.21	1.84	4.54	5.44	2.76	5.31	3.89	0.49	0.39
Shares Owned By Insiders	0.85	0.64	33.62	82.48	14.56	3.0	0.48	0.3	N/A	1.19
Revenue	7.22 B	11.61 B	10.25 B	18.5 B	8.16 B	6.45 B	8.81 B	2.65 B	2.25 B	6.14 B
Working Capital	2.19 B	-1.25 B	-674 M	1.35 B	811.8 M	556.7 M	-60.9 M	563.62 M	2.69 B	518.72 M
Cash And Equivalents	322 M	68 M	189 M	654.21 M	747.4 M	70.7 M	316.73 M	218.04 M	1.77 B	75.97 M
Cash Per Share	4.91	0.14	0.36	2.77	12.51	3.37	2.99	3.48	4.86	0.79
Gross Profit	1.83 B	2.77 B	2.97 B	2.36 B	2.38 B	1.43 B	3.44 B	1.07 B	1.56 B	1.47 B
Day Typical Price	110.02	15.31	20.85	35.25	96.52	41.47	74.97	93.95	11.23	58.44
Accumulation Distribution	15149.45	604070.0	242555.0	21364.52	0.0156	57808.64	100737.0	0.0338	40050.13	112797.0
Market Facilitation Index	0.0	N/A	N/A	0.0	1.52	N/A	0.0	3.24	N/A	N/A
Daily Balance Of Power	0.2616	-0.44	-0.20	0.25	-0.88	0.2804	-0.12	-0.37	1.041667	0.608
Period Momentum Indicator	0.73	-0.24	-0.10	0.2	-1.33	0.3	-0.39	-1.19	0.25	0.76
Rate Of Daily Change	1.01	0.98	1.0	1.01	0.99	1.01	0.99	0.99	1.02	1.01
Day Median Price	109.64	15.31	20.87	35.16	96.77	41.31	74.82	94.3	11.2	58.25
Price Action Indicator	1.52	-0.11	-0.11	0.36	-1.42	0.63	0.25	-1.63	0.23	0.98
Coefficient Of Variation	11067.49	-1,244	-484.28	-1,285	-2,867	-858.05	-4,166	-1,054	3685.8	214.74
Mean Deviation	0.8102	1.7	1.54	1.36	1.13	1.94	1.99	1.75	2.17	1.39
Jensen Alpha	0.0213	-0.17	-0.44	-0.13	-0.08	-0.42	-0.09	-0.22	0.142	0.8421
Total Risk Alpha	0.0678	-0.04	-0.31	-0.03	0.0494	-0.19	0.1028	-0.07	0.3167	0.9307
Sortino Ratio	0.0552	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0548	0.6104
Downside Variance	0.9838	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.46	2.02
Standard Deviation	1.02	2.17	2.13	1.83	1.82	3.75	2.59	2.27	3.45	1.76
Kurtosis	0.2132	0.1538	1.77	0.6319	12.53	33.26	0.3514	0.5583	11.15	0.1709
Potential Upside	1.8	3.57	2.68	3.27	2.02	3.04	4.34	5.05	5.32	4.1
Treynor Ratio	-0.0021	-0.65	-2.79	-0.40	2.22	-1.01	0.2251	-1.41	0.0796	1.48
Maximum Drawdown	4.88	10.06	12.74	7.67	13.59	25.93	11.57	10.7	23.09	8.55
Variance	1.03	4.72	4.54	3.35	3.31	14.07	6.72	5.16	11.92	3.11
Market Risk Adjusted Performance	0.0079	-0.64	-2.78	-0.39	2.23	-1.00	0.2351	-1.40	0.0896	1.49
Risk Adjusted Performance	0.0093	-0.06	-0.16	-0.06	-0.02	-0.09	-0.01	-0.07	0.0299	0.3884
Skewness	0.3535	-0.22	-0.51	-0.04	2.27	-4.93	0.0301	0.5061	2.58	0.3039
Semi Deviation	0.9564	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.37	0.6009
Information Ratio	0.0538	-0.06	-0.19	-0.05	-0.01	-0.10	-0.01	-0.07	0.0403	0.4915
Value At Risk	-1.56	-4.40	-3.77	-3.18	-2.80	-2.96	-3.68	-3.76	-3.66	-2.05
Expected Short fall	-0.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-2.33	-1.69
Downside Deviation	0.9919	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.54	1.42
Semi Variance	0.9147	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.62	0.3611

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How to Analyze Ingredion Incorporated Against Peers

Ingredion Incorporated's peer analysis compares Ingredion Incorporated with related companies to put valuation, quality, and risk metrics in context. This helps determine whether recent performance is company-specific or broadly sector-driven. A practical workflow includes:

Set a relevant peer group: Include direct competitors and close alternatives with comparable business exposure.
Benchmark core financials: Compare profitability, growth, capital structure, and cash flow quality.
Check valuation dispersion: Review whether Ingredion Incorporated trades at a premium or discount versus peers and why.
Evaluate risk profile: Compare volatility, drawdowns, and correlation to avoid false diversification assumptions.
Document the thesis: Record where Ingredion Incorporated leads or lags and what catalysts could close or widen the gap.

Use this as an educational baseline, then validate conclusions with current filings, market conditions, and portfolio objectives.

Peer Comparison Metrics & Methodology

Ingredion Incorporated's free cash flow conversion rate exceeds the peer group norm, a sign that reported profits are backed by real cash. Comparing mid-cap peers across Agricultural Products & Services, Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Defensive can help separate structural strengths from temporary momentum. For peer comparison, Ingredion Incorporated has a market cap of 7.04 B, P/E of 18.78, profit margin of 10.1%.

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