Ingredion (INGR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.82
- Estimate
- $2.72
- Surprise
- +3.6%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.1 → 5.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Ingredion (INGR) beat the $2.72 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.82 — a clear 3.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (5.1/10) to Sell at 5.3/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates INGR Sell at 5.0/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.6% surprise compares with a -2.4% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-03.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 9.6%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Consecutive earnings misses (3)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $96.49
- Price target
- $105.70
- Stop
- $93.28
- Upside to target
- +9.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.9:1
The stock trades at 10.6× trailing but 8.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 23 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
INGR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $6.11B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 10.6
- 52-week range
- $94.44–$123.49
- Off 52-week high
- 21.9%
- RSI (14)
- 23
- Volume vs avg
- 0.66×
- Score today
- 5.0/10