---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-025236"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMKTA"
cik: "0000050493"
company_name: "INGLES MARKETS INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T18:34:59.082551+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ingles Markets Q3 net income falls 17% to $26.2M; sales down 2.9%

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.35B vs $1.39B a year ago; gross margin improved to 24.3% from 23.7%.
- Q3 diluted EPS Class A $1.38 vs $1.67; nine-month diluted EPS $3.05 vs $5.63.
- Nine-month net income $57.9M vs $107.0M; operating expenses essentially flat.
- Total debt $518.0M, down from $535.9M; no borrowings on $150M credit line.
- FY2025 capex expected $120M–$160M vs $143.0M spent in prior-year nine months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-025236
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMKTA
- cik: 0000050493
- company_name: INGLES MARKETS INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774925025236/0001437749-25-025236-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50493/000143774925025236/imkta20250806_8k.htm

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