---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-21-001007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T22:02:02.888677+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets Q3 net sales $1.28B (+7.4%), EPS $3.88 vs $3.18; issues $350M 4% Senior Notes

## Summary
- Net sales $1.28B (+7.4% YoY); net income $72.0M vs $62.8M; diluted EPS Class A $3.79 vs $3.10.
- Issued $350M of 4.00% Senior Notes due 2031, redeeming $295M of 5.75% notes due 2023.
- Interest expense fell to $5.5M from $9.7M YoY due to refinancing and lower rates.
- Nine-month net sales $3.65B (+7.0%); net income $178M vs $120.7M; capex $108M YTD, FY forecast $120-140M.
- Gross margin 26.4% vs 27.3% YoY; operating expenses rose to $239.4M on higher sales volume and labor costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-21-001007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001007/0001157523-21-001007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000115752321001007/a52472027.htm

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