Ingredion (INGR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.28
- Estimate
- $2.60
- Surprise
- -12.2%
- Score today
- 5.1/10
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) missed the $2.60 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.28 — a large 12.2% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Ingredion Lowers FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $10.30-$10.90 to $9.25-$9.70 vs $10.46 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-05
- Ingredion Lowers FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance from $9.15-$9.75 to $8.04-$8.49 vs $9.60 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-05
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates INGR Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -12.2% surprise compares with a -4.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Consecutive earnings misses (3)
- Weak growth
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
- $91.26
- Price target
- $103.97
- Stop
- $85.92
- Upside to target
- +13.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.4:1
The stock trades at 10.6× trailing but 8.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — 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
- $6.14B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 10.6
- 52-week range
- $92.49–$123.49
- Off 52-week high
- 26.1%
- RSI (14)
- 37
- Volume vs avg
- 0.36×
- Score today
- 5.1/10