Roth Capital Lifts Earnings Estimates for MGP Ingredients

MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital raised their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for MGP Ingredients in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Roth Capital analyst S. Mcgowan now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.72. The consensus estimate for MGP Ingredients’ current full-year earnings is $5.56 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for MGP Ingredients’ Q1 2026 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.90 EPS.

MGPI has been the topic of several other reports. Lake Street Capital upgraded shares of MGP Ingredients from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $55.00 to $45.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of MGP Ingredients from $58.00 to $44.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Roth Mkm decreased their price objective on shares of MGP Ingredients from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of MGP Ingredients from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $67.00.

MGP Ingredients Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of MGPI stock opened at $30.87 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 6.46, a quick ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. MGP Ingredients has a 1 year low of $29.84 and a 1 year high of $92.52. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $34.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $51.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $656.60 million, a P/E ratio of 6.42 and a beta of 0.57.

MGP Ingredients Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. MGP Ingredients’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.79%.

Insider Transactions at MGP Ingredients

In other news, Director Karen Seaberg sold 28,304 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.82, for a total transaction of $872,329.28. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 283,569 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,739,596.58. This represents a 9.08 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 36.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MGP Ingredients

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in MGP Ingredients by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,126,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,337,000 after purchasing an additional 7,471 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its stake in shares of MGP Ingredients by 14.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,102,985 shares of the company’s stock valued at $91,824,000 after acquiring an additional 137,292 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of MGP Ingredients by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 914,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,017,000 after acquiring an additional 57,714 shares during the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP bought a new position in shares of MGP Ingredients during the fourth quarter valued at $28,388,000. Finally, State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of MGP Ingredients by 22.4% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 717,675 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,746,000 after acquiring an additional 131,542 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 77.11% of the company’s stock.

About MGP Ingredients

MGP Ingredients, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and supply of distilled spirits, branded spirits, and food ingredients in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Distillery Solutions; Branded Spirits; and Ingredient Solutions.