Margins varied 11.6% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
- 10y median
- 26.5%
- Worst year
- 21.0%
- Latest · 2026
- 29.4%
# Ingenia Communities Group (INA.AU) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/INA.AU Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z. Financial observations: FY2005–FY2026. Listing currency: AUD. Reporting currency: AUD. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no. Share price: AUD 4.05 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low AUD 3.68 per share, central AUD 4.18 per share, high AUD 4.85 per share. Buy at or below the central value AUD 4.18 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 10.2% at the stated quote. About 10.2% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; AU 10-year bond 5.2% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: pass - 0 revenue declines in the last 10 years (informational) - Financial history: 10 years - Years with declining revenue: 0 - Years with a net loss: 0 - Operating margin variation: 0.12× Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 0.21× - FY2018: 0.26× - FY2019: 0.27× - FY2020: 0.28× - FY2021: 0.31× - FY2022: 0.27× - FY2023: 0.27× - FY2024: 0.22× - FY2025: 0.23× - FY2026: 0.29× ### moat: fail - ROIC median below threshold - ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed) - ROIC, median of available years: 5.0% - ROIC, second-lowest year: 3.6% - Typical minus recent gross margin: -0.2 pp - Typical gross margin (annual median): 59.7% - Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 59.9% - Years with nonpositive capital: 0 - Capital spending / revenue: 1.0% - ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 4.2% Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: 4.3% - FY2018: 5.7% - FY2019: 7.1% - FY2020: 6.7% - FY2021: 6.4% - FY2022: 3.6% - FY2023: 3.9% - FY2024: 3.0% - FY2025: 4.3% - FY2026: 5.6% ### economics: pass - Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.91× - Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No - Owner earnings, five-year total: AUD 448M - Net income, five-year total: AUD 494M - Return on incremental invested capital: >100% - Working capital / revenue, annual change: -0.1 pp - Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: 1.6 pp - Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: 1.6% Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations. - FY2022: 0.90× - FY2023: 0.83× - FY2024: 0.13× - FY2025: 1.00× - FY2026: 0.94× ### management: fail - Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2017 to 2026 (9 years) - buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational) - ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 5.7% vs 4.3% - Per-share earnings: 0.13 to 0.31 (three-year endpoint medians) - five-year and ten-year diluted share growth both above threshold - Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes - Ordinary dilution, 10-year annual growth: 8.7% - Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 3.0% - Market cap gain: AUD 1.3B - Cumulative retained earnings: AUD 332M - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 8.7% - Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 3.0% - $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2017 - $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2026 - Per-share value growth: 11.8% - Per-share value change: AUD 0.18 - Per-share value, starting three-year median: AUD 0.13 - Per-share value, ending three-year median: AUD 0.31 - Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.30 - Average buyback yield: 0.3% - Buyback history: 9 years - Debt-funded buybacks: No - Acquisition spending: AUD 203M - Cumulative net income, 10 years: AUD 688M - ROIC, first three-year median: 5.7% - ROIC, last three-year median: 4.3% Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: AUD 0.13 - FY2018: AUD 0.08 - FY2019: AUD 0.12 - FY2020: AUD 0.09 - FY2021: AUD 0.21 - FY2022: AUD 0.25 - FY2023: AUD 0.16 - FY2024: AUD 0.03 - FY2025: AUD 0.31 - FY2026: AUD 0.46 ### accounting: pass - latest-year receivables to sales index (DSRI) exceeds 1.465 - Sloan accruals: 1.1% - Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 2.27× - Restructuring years, last five: 0 - Stock compensation / operating cash flow: 0.0% - Earnings backed by cash: Yes - Operating cash / earnings: 0.82× - Accounting red flags: 1 - Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 0.00× Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations. - FY2017: -0.5% - FY2018: -1.6% - FY2019: -3.1% - FY2020: -3.2% - FY2021: -4.7% - FY2022: -0.7% - FY2023: -0.8% - FY2024: -2.8% - FY2025: -0.6% - FY2026: 1.1% ## Holders ## Price story Down 38% since Oct 2021 · sales +5.9% Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:12.729Z; price observation 2026-10-15. Price needs cash profits to grow 0.5% a year for ten years ### Sales · FY2025–2026 sales +5.9%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2017: AUD 150M - FY2018: AUD 189M - FY2019: AUD 228M - FY2020: AUD 244M - FY2021: AUD 296M - FY2022: AUD 338M - FY2023: AUD 396M - FY2024: AUD 466M - FY2025: AUD 529M - FY2026: AUD 560M ### Gross margin · FY2026 gross margin 59.9%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16. - FY2017: 52.3% - FY2018: 56.6% - FY2019: 56.0% - FY2020: 57.5% - FY2021: 59.5% - FY2022: 62.9% - FY2023: 64.2% - FY2024: 61.6% - FY2025: 62.5% - FY2026: 59.9% ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z. ### How it makes money Operates in property rentals; annual sales are AUD 560.4 million. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2026: revenue 560379000; grossProfit 335710000; margin = grossProfit / revenue. ### Why customers stay Margins ranged from 59.9% to 62.5% during 2024–26; it earns 5% on its capital. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 61.6%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 62.5%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2026: grossProfit / revenue = 59.9%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2017,0.04331014249458895],[2018,0.05660849505225838],[2019,0.07088418126555984],[2020,0.06746708054885524],[2021,0.06416616731059828],[2022,0.0364263189102437],[2023,0.03871486412037045],[2024,0.030021684427436236],[2025,0.04291968081366791],[2026,0.055834013502793246]]; median 0.049572077998691094. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years; bought back AUD 2.8 million of shares. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2017: growth capex 471000; upkeep 830000; owner earnings 26408000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.017835504392608302. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2018: growth capex 1339000; upkeep 1167000; owner earnings 34243000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.03910288234091639. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2019: growth capex 569000; upkeep 1611000; owner earnings 26943000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.021118657907434214. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2020: growth capex 0; upkeep 2744000; owner earnings 29192400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2021: growth capex 831000; upkeep 3863000; owner earnings 67347000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.012339079691745735. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 2719000; owner earnings 90104600. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 4407000; owner earnings 53263400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2024: growth capex 277000; upkeep 4338000; owner earnings 1807600. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.15324186766983847. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 4524000; owner earnings 128875000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2026: growth capex 0; upkeep 4441000; owner earnings 174320400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); Dividend observations: [[2017,17951000],[2018,21104000],[2019,24295000],[2020,28877000],[2021,30657000],[2022,39167000],[2023,44834000],[2024,44834000],[2025,46057000],[2026,37498000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); FY2026: cash repurchases 2800000 AUD. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 0.7% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); INA.AU SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 0.722 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16. ### What the price says The price assumes cash profits grow 0.5% yearly over ten years; actual growth was 12.3%. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:43:30.098Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate -0.005685586544267041. Price 4.05; FX 1; discount 0.1; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03. FY2016 owner earnings/share 0.134360157923224 → FY2026 0.4276930097673357. Closing-price date 2026-10-15. ## Monthly share-price history (AUD per share) - 2016-10: AUD 2.72 per share - 2016-11: AUD 2.74 per share - 2016-12: AUD 2.69 per share - 2017-01: AUD 2.61 per share - 2017-02: AUD 2.71 per share - 2017-03: AUD 2.71 per share - 2017-04: AUD 2.74 per share - 2017-05: AUD 2.69 per share - 2017-06: AUD 2.60 per share - 2017-07: AUD 2.57 per share - 2017-08: AUD 2.55 per share - 2017-09: AUD 2.64 per share - 2017-10: AUD 2.65 per share - 2017-11: AUD 2.82 per share - 2017-12: AUD 2.76 per share - 2018-01: AUD 2.73 per share - 2018-02: AUD 2.79 per share - 2018-03: AUD 2.78 per share - 2018-04: AUD 2.67 per share - 2018-05: AUD 2.68 per share - 2018-06: AUD 3.08 per share - 2018-07: AUD 3.14 per share - 2018-08: AUD 3.01 per share - 2018-09: AUD 3.00 per share - 2018-10: AUD 2.88 per share - 2018-11: AUD 3.06 per share - 2018-12: AUD 3.00 per share - 2019-01: AUD 3.07 per share - 2019-02: AUD 3.02 per share - 2019-03: AUD 3.02 per share - 2019-04: AUD 3.07 per share - 2019-05: AUD 3.19 per share - 2019-06: AUD 3.24 per share - 2019-07: AUD 3.42 per share - 2019-08: AUD 3.89 per share - 2019-09: AUD 4.02 per share - 2019-10: AUD 4.40 per share - 2019-11: AUD 4.70 per share - 2019-12: AUD 4.96 per share - 2020-01: AUD 4.78 per share - 2020-02: AUD 4.99 per share - 2020-03: AUD 3.29 per share - 2020-04: AUD 3.69 per share - 2020-05: AUD 4.34 per share - 2020-06: AUD 4.49 per share - 2020-07: AUD 4.75 per share - 2020-08: AUD 4.71 per share - 2020-09: AUD 4.56 per share - 2020-10: AUD 4.61 per share - 2020-11: AUD 4.71 per share - 2020-12: AUD 4.92 per share - 2021-01: AUD 5.02 per share - 2021-02: AUD 4.86 per share - 2021-03: AUD 5.06 per share - 2021-04: AUD 5.28 per share - 2021-05: AUD 5.58 per share - 2021-06: AUD 6.14 per share - 2021-07: AUD 5.79 per share - 2021-08: AUD 6.43 per share - 2021-09: AUD 6.64 per share - 2021-10: AUD 6.51 per share - 2021-11: AUD 6.15 per share - 2021-12: AUD 6.22 per share - 2022-01: AUD 5.51 per share - 2022-02: AUD 5.13 per share - 2022-03: AUD 5.06 per share - 2022-04: AUD 4.69 per share - 2022-05: AUD 4.11 per share - 2022-06: AUD 3.98 per share - 2022-07: AUD 4.64 per share - 2022-08: AUD 4.26 per share - 2022-09: AUD 3.72 per share - 2022-10: AUD 3.92 per share - 2022-11: AUD 4.32 per share - 2022-12: AUD 4.47 per share - 2023-01: AUD 4.62 per share - 2023-02: AUD 3.96 per share - 2023-03: AUD 3.77 per share - 2023-04: AUD 4.27 per share - 2023-05: AUD 4.20 per share - 2023-06: AUD 3.98 per share - 2023-07: AUD 4.08 per share - 2023-08: AUD 4.17 per share - 2023-09: AUD 4.20 per share - 2023-10: AUD 3.90 per share - 2023-11: AUD 4.13 per share - 2023-12: AUD 4.45 per share - 2024-01: AUD 4.48 per share - 2024-02: AUD 4.84 per share - 2024-03: AUD 5.23 per share - 2024-04: AUD 4.66 per share - 2024-05: AUD 4.83 per share - 2024-06: AUD 4.78 per share - 2024-07: AUD 5.25 per share - 2024-08: AUD 5.20 per share - 2024-09: AUD 5.03 per share - 2024-10: AUD 4.82 per share - 2024-11: AUD 5.05 per share - 2024-12: AUD 4.58 per share - 2025-01: AUD 5.75 per share - 2025-02: AUD 5.66 per share - 2025-03: AUD 5.42 per share - 2025-04: AUD 5.55 per share - 2025-05: AUD 5.72 per share - 2025-06: AUD 5.47 per share - 2025-07: AUD 5.26 per share - 2025-08: AUD 5.90 per share - 2025-09: AUD 5.44 per share - 2025-10: AUD 5.62 per share - 2025-11: AUD 5.19 per share - 2025-12: AUD 5.17 per share - 2026-01: AUD 4.73 per share - 2026-02: AUD 4.56 per share - 2026-03: AUD 3.98 per share - 2026-04: AUD 3.97 per share - 2026-05: AUD 3.82 per share - 2026-06: AUD 4.42 per share - 2026-07: AUD 4.37 per share - 2026-08: AUD 3.66 per share - 2026-09: AUD 4.84 per share - 2026-10: AUD 4.75 per share ## Annual estimated value (AUD per share) - FY2017: low AUD 1.77 per share, central AUD 2.01 per share, high AUD 2.33 per share - FY2018: low AUD 1.41 per share, central AUD 2.00 per share, high AUD 2.34 per share - FY2019: low AUD 2.28 per share, central AUD 3.23 per share, high AUD 3.78 per share - FY2020: low AUD 1.78 per share, central AUD 2.54 per share, high AUD 2.98 per share - FY2021: low AUD 1.66 per share, central AUD 1.89 per share, high AUD 2.18 per share - FY2022: low AUD 1.65 per share, central AUD 1.87 per share, high AUD 2.17 per share - FY2023: low AUD 1.51 per share, central AUD 1.70 per share, high AUD 1.96 per share - FY2024: low AUD 1.68 per share, central AUD 1.91 per share, high AUD 2.21 per share - FY2025: low AUD 3.81 per share, central AUD 5.21 per share, high AUD 6.11 per share - FY2026: low AUD 3.68 per share, central AUD 4.18 per share, high AUD 4.85 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:48:46.499Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period. ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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INA · AU
S&P/ASX 200
Not a wonderful business
2 quality tests fail. A lower price would not fix the business.
Margins varied 11.6% around their average (limit 35%), and no loss years were recorded (limit 2).
Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 5% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 3.6% (minimum 10%).
Each $1 of profit left $0.91 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).
Share growth was 8.7% over ten years and 3% over five (either must be at most 1% a year).
Profits were backed by cash: accruals were 1.1% of assets (limit 10%).
Profit record · pass 0 loss years in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 26.0%, three-year average owner earnings per share 0.25 AUD.
| Value range | AUD 3.68 – AUD 4.85 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value AUD 4.18 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 4.05 / 4.18 = 3.1% |
| Return / year | About 10.2% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Owner cash AUD 0.33/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash AUD 0.02/share today. |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |