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MGP INGREDIENTS INC
Nasdaq· Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages· Inc. KS· CIK 0000835011 Consumer & Retail
$15.32 −0.20 (−1.29%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $15.52
Market cap
$336.8M
Small cap
Consensus
Buy
82% Buy or better · 11 analysts
Median target
$30.00
+96% · range $17.00–35.00
Next earnings
Oct 28
in 1 day · EPS est. $0.32
1 year
−35.3%
from $23.67 · Oct 28
30 days
+19.9%
from $12.78
52-week range
$12.74–26.40
−42% from high · low Sep 24
Avg volume 20D
263.8K
shares / day
Short interest
1.18M
≈5.5% of shares · +11.7%
Days to cover
4.2
at average volume
Insider net
−$2.1M
0 buyers · 3 sellers · 12 mo
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
SecBot read MIXED 1 report · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 1 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 1/1 ·Next Earnings date, Oct 28, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL MGP Ingredients filed an 8-K announcing a corporate name change to Sempreon, Inc., effective November 2…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    3 insiders sold $2.1M.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 16 added (0 new), 14 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    9 of 11 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • EstimatesFALLING

    Current-quarter EPS estimate $0.485 → $0.322 over 90 days. 0 up, 4 down in 30 days.

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest +11.7% to 1.18M shares. 4.2 days to cover, ≈5.5% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    2% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LPTRIM522,233$9.1M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCADD404,799$7.1M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCADD362,757$6.4M
MORGAN STANLEYADD317,875$5.6M
JPMORGAN CHASE & COADD149,869$2.5M
NORGES BANKDOUBLED87,215$1.5M
MARSHALL WACE, LLPTRIM77,980$1.4M
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLCADD70,332$1.2M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

11 analysts
Buy 82% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy2Buy7Hold2Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 5 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +96%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 16, 2026Roth Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Oct 5, 2026Wells Fargo
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Jul 30, 2026TD Cowen
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINHold
Jul 30, 2026Wells Fargo
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Jul 8, 2026Wells Fargo
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Jun 26, 2026TD Cowen
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINHold

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$2.1M
sold · 3 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Oct 1, 2026
Roper Martin
Director
AWARD$38.7K
Sep 16, 2026
Lux Leslie
10%+ Owner
SELL$399.4K
Aug 20, 2026
Lux Paul S.
10%+ Owner
SELL$586.2K
Aug 4, 2026
Francis Julie Maria
President & CEO
TAX W/H$34.1K
Jul 2, 2026
Roper Martin
Director
AWARD$38.7K
May 27, 2026
Kaplan Caroline Lux
10%+ Owner
SELL$545.4K
May 26, 2026
Kaplan Caroline Lux
10%+ Owner
SELL$534.7K
May 14, 2026
Romero Mercedes
Director
AWARD5,801 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
Oct 28
reports in 1 day
$0.32
EPS estimate, this quarter
−34%
estimate change, 90 days
0↑ 4↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q$0.32$0.26–$0.38-0.6%$118.8M
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY$1.94$1.82–$2.03-1.0%$503.1M

Washington

Corporate Lobbying

3 lobbying filings and 0 bills this company lobbies on, with spend, stage and how each bill touches it, are for subscribers.

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Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
1,176,392
shares short
+11.7%
vs prior settlement
4.2
days to cover
≈5.5%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 15, 2026 SEC
MGP Ingredients filed an 8-K announcing a corporate name change to Sempreon, Inc., effective November 2, 2026, with a…
8-K — Impact 3/10
Oct 1, 2026 Insider
Roper Martin was granted 2,924 shares
Director @ $13.25 ($38.7K)
Sep 16, 2026 Insider
Lux Leslie sold 27,731 shares
10%+ Owner @ $14.40 ($399.4K)
Aug 20, 2026 Insider
Lux Paul S. sold 33,000 shares
10%+ Owner @ $17.76 ($586.2K)
Aug 14, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: MGPI up 25% to 1.1M shares
Settlement 2026-08-14 | Days to cover: 5.21 | ≈5.15% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jul 29, 2026 SEC
MGP Ingredients reported Q2 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.72, a 43.3% beat vs the $0.50 consensus, and revenue of $124.4M…
8-K — Impact 6/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP — TRIM
522,233 shares ($9.1M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC — ADD
404,799 shares ($7.1M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Oct 28, 2026
Earnings date
MGPI Q3 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-10-28
Recent
Aug 14, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: MGPI up 25% to 1.1M shares
Settlement 2026-08-14 | Days to cover: 5.21 | ≈5.15% of shares outstanding (est.)
Jul 29, 2026
Earnings date
MGPI Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-07-29
Jun 2, 2026
Enforcement
Williams Rowland Acquisition Corp. v. Global Food and Ingredients Ltd. and Maxim Group LLC
Court ruling from District Court, D. Delaware. Docket: 1:25-cv-01302
Apr 29, 2026
Earnings date
MGPI Q1 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-04-29
Feb 25, 2026
Earnings date
MGPI Q4 2025 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-02-25

SecBot reports

5 filings · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 mixed · 2 neutral
All MGPI filing & press-release reports (5)