Ingredion’s Zallie: A Share Sale, and So It Goes

James P. Zallie, who runs Ingredion, sold a bunch of stock. Thirty-three thousand, five hundred and ninety-seven shares, to be precise. That’s about four million dollars, give or take. It happened on February 11, 2026. These things happen. So it goes.

The Numbers, Such as They Are

Metric Value
Shares Sold (Directly) 33,597
Transaction Value ~$4.02 million
Shares Remaining (Directly) 50,166
Value of Remaining Shares ~$6.01 million

The price per share was around $119.66. A perfectly reasonable number, considering everything. Or maybe not. It’s hard to say. So it goes.

What Does it Mean? A Question for the Ages

He sold forty percent of what he owned. A sizable chunk. They call it a “Rule 10b5-1 trading plan,” which sounds very official and important. It means he planned it ahead of time. A way to avoid looking like an insider trading villain. Smart, really. Though, of course, the universe doesn’t care about smarts. So it goes.

No funny business with options or derivatives. Just straight-up shares. A simple transaction in a complicated world. One wonders if anyone actually understands what’s going on. Probably not. So it goes.

Ingredion: The Corn People

Metric Value
Revenue (TTM) $7.22 billion
Net Income (TTM) $729.00 million
Dividend Yield 2.98%
1-Year Price Change -4.23%

They make stuff from corn. Starches, sweeteners, protein feeds. The building blocks of modern life, mostly. They sell it to food companies, animal feed producers, and anyone else who needs it. A global operation, spanning continents. A lot of corn. So it goes.

The Chairman and the Shares

Zallie also became Chairman of the Board. The old Chairman stepped down. These things happen in the corporate world. A shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic, perhaps. But who are we to judge? So it goes.

The share sale itself isn’t alarming. Planned, legal, and relatively straightforward. But the earnings report? That’s a different story. Revenue is down. Profits are shaky. They had a good start to the year, but then things went sideways. A familiar pattern. So it goes.

They blame global impacts on production. Supply chain issues, weather patterns, the general chaos of existence. All plausible explanations. But sometimes, things just…happen. And there’s nothing anyone can do about it. So it goes.

As an investor, I’m watching this closely. A decline in revenue is never a good sign. And while a planned share sale isn’t inherently negative, it does raise questions about confidence. Perhaps Zallie sees something we don’t. Or maybe he just wanted a little extra cash. Who knows? So it goes.

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2026-02-22 13:02