Ingredion’s third-quarter results reflected profit declines in both the texture and healthful solutions and food and ingredients North America segments, as adjusted operating income fell nearly 20% year over year.
Ingredion benefits from its growing proportion of specialty ingredients, which carry some degree of pricing power and generate higher profit margins.
High-fructose corn syrup (roughly 8% of sales) has been linked with obesity and diabetes and is in declining use as a beverage sweetener.
Metric | INGR | IFF | KRZ |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 8.79 | 32.97 | 21.62 |
Price/Book Value | 1.26 | 1.56 | 2.73 |
Price/Sales | 0.82 | 2.51 | 2.47 |
Price/Cash Flow | 7.01 | 16.95 | 18.37 |
Metric | INGR | IFF | KRZ |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 1.32 | 0.37 | 1.14 |
Current Ratio | 2.01 | 1.87 | 1.77 |
Interest Coverage | 10.87 | −4.06 | 10.19 |
Metric | INGR | IFF | KRZ |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 8.00% | 2.69% | 7.08% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 14.52% | 4.87% | 13.52% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 11.05% | 4.00% | 9.37% |
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