Ingredion Incorporated Reports 2025 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results
WESTCHESTER, Ill., Feb. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and beverage manufacturing industry, today reported its fourth quarter 2025 and full-year 2025 results.
“We delivered record full-year financial results driven by continued strength in Texture & Healthful Solutions and solid results from our Food & Industrial Ingredients—LATAM business,” stated Jim Zallie, president and CEO of Ingredion. “These strong performances were partially offset by slower-than-expected operational recovery within our Food & Industrial Ingredients—U.S./CAN business.”
“Texture & Healthful Solutions delivered a solid quarterly performance with 4% sales volume growth, driven by strong demand for our clean label offerings and our expanding solutions portfolio, both of which outpaced net sales growth within the segment. Additionally, specialty starch modernization upgrades at our Indianapolis facility came online during the fourth quarter, further enhancing reliability and expanding our capacity to support texture solutions growth.”
“Our Food & Industrial Ingredients—LATAM segment regained momentum in the fourth quarter, delivering operating income growth for the full year as market conditions improved. In Food & Industrial Ingredients—U.S./CAN, operational challenges combined with weaker sweetener demand, driven primarily by higher retail prices for canned beverages, impacted results.”
“As we enter 2026, we are well-positioned to build on our current Texture & Healthful Solutions momentum, and we anticipate F&II—U.S./CAN will overcome the operational setbacks that meaningfully impacted 2025 results. Supported by strong cash generation and a healthy balance sheet, we will continue to demonstrate disciplined capital allocation to create long-term value for shareholders.”
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**All Other consists of the businesses of multiple operating segments that are not individually or collectively classified as reportable segments. Net sales from All Other are generated primarily by sweetener and starch sales by our Pakistan business, sales of stevia and other ingredients from our PureCircle and Sugar Reduction businesses, and pea protein ingredients from our Protein Fortification business.
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Dividends and Share Repurchases
For full-year 2025, the Company paid $211 million in dividends to shareholders, and in the fourth quarter 2025 declared a quarterly dividend of $0.82 per share that was paid in the first quarter of 2026. During 2025, the Company repurchased 1.8 million outstanding shares of common stock at a net cost of $224 million. To support total shareholder return, the Company is dedicated to continuing to return value to shareholders through cash dividends and share repurchases.
2026 Full-Year Outlook
The Company expects its full-year 2026 reported and adjusted EPS to each be in the range of $11.00 to $11.80. This guidance does not assume extraordinary changes in current tax rates, tariffs or trade, or food regulations. This expectation excludes any acquisition-related integration and restructuring costs, as well as any potential impairment costs.
The Company expects full-year 2026 net sales to be up low single-digits to mid-single-digits, reflecting greater volume demand and foreign exchange impacts, partially offset by price mix. Reported and adjusted operating income are expected to be up low single-digits for full year 2026.
The 2026 full-year outlook assumes the following: Texture & Healthful Solutions operating income is expected to be up low single-digits to mid-single-digits, driven by sales volume growth offset by price mix; Food & Industrial Ingredients—LATAM operating income is expected to be flat to up low single-digits, reflecting sales volume growth, offset by price mix; Food & Industrial Ingredients—U.S./Canada operating income is expected to be flat, as operational improvements are offset by input cost increases; and All Other operating income is anticipated to improve by $5 to $10 million from the prior year.
Corporate costs for full-year 2026 are expected to be flat to up low single-digits.
For full-year 2026, the Company expects both the reported and adjusted effective tax rates to be 25.5% to 27.0%.
Cash from operations for the full-year 2026 is expected to be in the range of $820 million to $940 million, reflecting continued investments in working capital as net sales are expected to grow. Capital expenditures for the full year are expected to be approximately $400 million to $440 million.
First quarter 2026 outlook
For the first quarter of 2026, the Company expects net sales to be down low single-digits compared to the same quarter last year, with reported and adjusted operating income expected to be down mid-double-digits, primarily attributable to the challenging comparison with the prior year’s robust first quarter 26% increase in adjusted operating income.
Conference Call and Webcast Details
Ingredion will host a conference call on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 8 a.m. CT/9 a.m. ET, hosted by Jim Zallie, president and chief executive officer, and Jim Gray, executive vice president and chief financial officer. The call will be webcast in real-time and can be accessed at https://ir.ingredionincorporated.com/events-and-presentations. A presentation containing additional financial and operating information will be available on the Company’s website above and for download a few hours prior to the start of the call. A replay will be available for a limited time at https://ir.ingredionincorporated.com/financial-information/quarterly-results.
About the Company
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR) headquartered in the suburbs of Chicago, is a leading global ingredient solutions provider serving customers in nearly 120 countries. With 2025 annual net sales of approximately $7.2 billion, the Company turns grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant-based materials into value-added ingredient solutions for the food, beverage, animal nutrition, brewing and industrial markets. With Ingredion’s Idea Labs ® innovation centers around the world and more than 11,000 employees, the Company co-creates with customers and fulfills its purpose of bringing the potential of people, nature and technology together to make life better. Visit ingredion.com for more information and the latest Company news.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Ingredion intends these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for such statements.
Forward-looking statements include, among others, any statements regarding our expectations for full-year 2026 reported and adjusted earnings per share, net sales, reported and adjusted operating income, segment and All Other operating income, corporate costs, reported and adjusted effective tax rate, cash from operations, working capital, and capital expenditures, our expectations for 2026 first quarter net sales and reported and adjusted operating income, and any other statements regarding our prospects and our future operations, financial condition, volumes, cash flows, expenses or other financial items, including management’s plans or strategies and objectives for any of the foregoing and any assumptions, expectations or beliefs underlying any of the foregoing.
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These statements are based on current circumstances or expectations, but are subject to certain inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control. Although we believe our expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, investors are cautioned that no assurance can be given that our expectations will prove correct.
Actual results and developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in or implied by these statements, based on various risks and uncertainties, including changes in consumer practices, preferences, demand and perceptions that may lessen demand for the products we make; geopolitical conflicts and actions arising from them, including the impacts on the availability and prices of raw materials and energy supplies, supply chain interruptions, and volatility in foreign exchange and interest rates; the effects of global economic conditions and the general political, economic, business, and market conditions that affect customers and consumers in the various geographic regions and countries in which we buy our raw materials or manufacture or sell our products, and the impact these factors may have on our sales volumes, the pricing of our products and our ability to collect our receivables from customers; our reliance on purchases of our products by major industries which we serve and from which we derive a significant portion of our sales, including, without limitation, the food, beverage, animal nutrition and brewing industries; the risks associated with pandemics; our ability to develop or acquire new products and services at rates or of qualities sufficient to gain market acceptance; increased competitive and/or customer pressure in the corn-refining industry and related industries, including with respect to the markets and prices for our primary products and our co-products, particularly corn oil, and the ability to pass through price increases in our key inputs; price fluctuations, supply chain disruptions, tariffs, duties and shortages affecting inputs to our procurement, production processes and delivery channels, including raw materials, energy costs and availability and cost of freight and logistics; our ability to contain costs, achieve budgets and realize expected synergies, including our ability to complete planned maintenance and investment projects on time and on budget as well as to effectively manage freight and shipping costs and hedging activities; operating difficulties at our manufacturing facilities and liabilities relating to product safety and quality; the effects of climate change and legal, regulatory, and market measures to address climate change; our ability to successfully identify and complete acquisitions, divestitures, or strategic alliances on favorable terms, as well as to successfully conduct due diligence, integrate acquired businesses or implement and maintain strategic alliances and achieve anticipated synergies with respect to such transactions; economic, political and other risks inherent in conducting operations in foreign countries and in foreign currencies; the failure to maintain satisfactory labor relations; our ability to attract, develop, motivate, and maintain good relationships with our workforce; the impact of legal and regulatory proceedings, lawsuits, claims and investigations; the impact of any impairment charges on our goodwill or long-lived assets; the impact on our business of political events, trade and international disputes, war, threats or acts of terrorism, and natural disasters; changes in government policy, law, or regulation and costs of legal compliance, including compliance with environmental regulation or the occurrence of other significant events beyond our control; changes in our tax rates or exposure to additional income tax liability; risks affecting our ability to raise funds at reasonable rates and other factors affecting our access to sufficient funds for future growth and expansion; increases in interest rates that could increase our borrowing costs; interruptions, security incidents, or failures with respect to information technology systems, processes, and sites; risks affecting the continuation of our dividend policy; and our ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statement as a result of new information or future events or developments or otherwise. If we do update or correct one or more of these statements, investors and others should not conclude that we will make additional updates or corrections. For a further description of these and other risks, see “Risk Factors” and other information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and our subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACTS:
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Supplemental Financial Information
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I. Segment Information of Net Sales and Operating Income
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II. Non-GAAP Information
To supplement the consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), we use non-GAAP historical financial measures, which exclude certain GAAP items such as restructuring and resegmentation costs, net gain on sale of business, impairment charges, Mexico tax items, and other specified items. We generally use the term “adjusted” when referring to these non-GAAP amounts.
Management uses non-GAAP financial measures internally for strategic decision making, forecasting future results and evaluating current performance. By disclosing non-GAAP financial measures, management intends to provide investors with a more meaningful, consistent comparison of our operating results and trends for the periods presented. These non-GAAP financial measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP and reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the corresponding measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP; so our non-GAAP information is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. A reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most comparable GAAP measure is provided in the tables below.
Net income and EPS may not sum or recalculate due to rounding.
For notes (i) through (iv), see notes (i) through (iv) included in the Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income attributable to Ingredion and Diluted EPS to Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income attributable to Ingredion and Adjusted Diluted EPS.
For notes (i) through (vi), see notes (i) through (vi) included in the Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income attributable to Ingredion and Diluted EPS to Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income attributable to Ingredion and Adjusted Diluted EPS.
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