53/100BIf you had invested in Kroger Co (The) ago, it would be worth $2,699 today, against $4,128 in SPY and $6,186 in QQQ.
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Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability6
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Cash6
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Valuation7.5
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Growth4
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Financial strength4
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Shareholders4
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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.
Kroger Co (The) key facts
- Style
- Dividend stock · 6.5/10Growth 2.7 · Value 3.7 · Dividend 6.5
- Day range
- 66.860 – 68.600
- 52-week range
- 54.150 – 76.580
- Market capitalization
- 39.99B USD
- P/E
- 36.60
- EPS
- 1.85
- Div Yield
- 2.30%
- EPS growth forecast (FY2027)
- +6.9%
- Volume
- 148,257
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- CEO
- Gregory S. Foran
- Employees
- 403K
- Website
- thekrogerco.com
- IPO date
- 2 Jan 1977
Kroger Co (The) earnings
Revenue
EPS
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2029 | 1.62 | — | — | — | 38.25B | — | — | — | |
| Q1 FY2029 | 1.34 | — | — | — | 35.47B | — | — | — | |
| Q4 FY2028 | 1.26 | — | — | — | 35.63B | — | — | — | |
| Q3 FY2027 | 1.16 | — | — | +10.48% | 34.57B | — | — | +2.11% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 1.06 | 1.09 | +2.83% | +4.81% | 34.64B | 34.62B | -0.06% | +2.01% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 1.59 | 1.58 | -0.63% | +6.04% | 45.59B | 46.12B | +1.17% | +2.22% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 1.20 | 1.28 | +6.67% | +12.28% | 34.96B | 34.73B | -0.67% | +1.22% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1.03 | 1.05 | +1.94% | +7.14% | 34.19B | 33.86B | -0.97% | +0.67% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 0.99 | 1.04 | +4.63% | +11.83% | 34.10B | 33.94B | -0.46% | +0.08% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 1.45 | 1.49 | +2.76% | +4.20% | 45.16B | 45.12B | -0.10% | -0.33% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2029 | 5.87 | — | — | +7.19% | 156.05B | — | — | +1.85% |
| FY2028 | 5.48 | — | — | +5.46% | 153.21B | — | — | +1.54% |
| FY2027 | 5.19 | — | — | +6.87% | 150.88B | — | — | +2.19% |
| FY2026 | 4.80 | 4.86 | +1.21% | +8.48% | 147.97B | 147.64B | -0.22% | +0.35% |
| FY2025 | 4.46 | 4.48 | +0.55% | -5.88% | 147.49B | 147.12B | -0.25% | -1.94% |
| FY2024 | 4.56 | 4.76 | +4.42% | +12.80% | 149.80B | 150.04B | +0.16% | +1.20% |
| FY2023 | 4.15 | 4.22 | +1.68% | +14.67% | 148.42B | 148.26B | -0.11% | +7.52% |
Kroger Co (The) analyst forecast
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 60.00 to 82.00, with an average of 71.31.
| Strong buy | 0 | |
| Buy | 4 | |
| Hold | 6 | |
| Sell | 0 | |
| Strong sell | 0 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 82.00 |
| Average target | 71.31 |
| Lowest target | 60.00 |
| Current price | 67.71 |
Kroger Co (The) valuation
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
- 36.60
- Forward P/E (FY2027)
- 13.04
- Price to sales (TTM)
- 0.27
- Price to book
- 6.85
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)
- 11.26
Capital structure
Valuation over time
Kroger Co (The) against its own history
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: The Estée Lauder Companies, Sysco, Kimberly-Clark, The Hershey, Archer-Daniels-Midland, and Keurig Dr Pepper, the US Consumer Defensive companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Above its median36.612.644.7
- Gross marginHighest in 5 years23.3%21.4%23.3%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 34.4%
- Operating marginLowest in 5 years1.3%1.3%2.8%Against its peers: 7 of 7Peers' median 11.6%
- Net marginLowest in 5 years0.7%0.7%1.8%Against its peers: 7 of 7Peers' median 4.8%
- Return on equityLowest in 5 years17.1%17.1%32.2%Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median 13.6%
- Free cash flow marginAbove its median2.3%0.8%2.6%Against its peers: 7 of 7Peers' median 8.9%
- Revenue growthBelow its median0.4%-1.9%7.5%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 4.1%
- EPS growthLowest in 5 years-58.0%-58.0%41.0%Against its peers: 5 of 6Peers' median -19.6%
- Debt to EBITDAHighest in 5 years4.29×2.74×4.29×Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 3.42×
- Current ratioAt its median0.800.740.96Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 1.21
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
Kroger Co (The) growth and profitability
- Revenue (TTM)
- 149.33B USD
- Net income (TTM)
- 1.09B USD
- Gross margin
- 23.11%
- Operating margin
- 1.39%
- Net margin
- 0.73%
Revenue / Net income
Kroger Co (The) revenue breakdown
By product
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perishable | 37.19B | 67.2% | +2.4% |
| Pharmacy | 18.17B | 32.8% | +15.8% |
How Kroger Co (The) makes its money
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Kroger Co (The) dividends
- Annual dividend
- 1.56 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)
- 2.30%
- Payout ratio
- 98.92%
- Years of dividend growth
- 20
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last payment
- 0.39 USD
- Last ex-dividend date
- 16 Nov 2026
- Last payment date
- 1 Dec 2026
Dividends per share
Kroger Co (The) financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 1.68B USD
- Total debt
- 24.16B USD
- Net cash
- -22.48B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)
- 2.27B USD
- Current ratio
- 0.70
- Debt to equity
- 4.14
- Piotroski score
- 7 / 9
- Altman Z-score
- 4.41
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Kroger Co (The) ownership
- Institutions
- 86.28%
- Institutional holders
- 1,374 (-70)
- Free float
- 99.68%
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 1 | 37.97K | 30.62K |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1.01K | 0.00 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | 0 | 596.45K | 105.05K |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | 0 | 97.19K | 1.24K |
Shares outstanding
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