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Inghams Group Limited

ING.AX
32
Agricultural Farm Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
A$2.06
-0.16 (-7.21%)
Market Cap
A$765.7M
Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Dec 31, 2025
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Strong
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Inghams Group is one of the largest poultry producers in Australia and New Zealand. The company raises chickens and turkeys, then processes and sells them as fresh, frozen, and value-added meat products. Its customers include major supermarkets like Woolworths and Coles, fast food chains, and food service businesses.

Inghams makes money by selling poultry products in bulk to retailers, restaurants, and food manufacturers. It operates across Australia and New Zealand, with a network of farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing plants that it largely controls end-to-end. This vertical integration gives it some cost advantages, but the business is exposed to feed grain prices, which are its biggest input cost and can swing sharply with weather and global commodity markets. Managing that cost pressure while maintaining margins is the central challenge the company faces going forward.

Share count broadly stable

+0.0% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 373.0M (2022) → 373.1M (2026)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
16.4%
Thin — 16.4% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.9%
Thin — 3.9% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
9.2%
Below par — 9.2% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-2.5%
Shrinking sales (-2.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-38.0%
Earnings shrinking (-38.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
471%
Turns 471% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
4.7%
Thin free cash flow (4.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
5.85
Heavy debt load (5.85)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
1.92x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.9x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.9x
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.9

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+2.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.88%
Moderate income — 3.88% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+14.8%
Dividend growing fast (14.8% YoY)

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