---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-038431"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:09:56.722948+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets Q4 net loss $1.5M; Hurricane Helene impairment $34.9M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.40B (13 weeks) vs $1.58B (14 weeks) YoY; net loss $1.5M vs net income $52.6M.
- Diluted EPS Class A -$0.08 in Q4 vs $2.77 last year; FY diluted EPS $5.56 vs $11.10.
- Hurricane Helene caused $30.4M inventory impairment and $4.5M property impairment in Q4.
- FY net sales $5.64B (52 weeks) vs $5.89B (53 weeks); net income $105.5M vs $210.8M.
- Total debt $532.6M; full $150M credit line available; capex $210.9M in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-038431
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774924038431/0001437749-24-038431-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774924038431/imkta20241226_8k.htm

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