The Kroger Co.
General ticker "KR" information:
- Sector: Consumer Staples
- Industry: Grocery Stores
- Capitalization: $41.5B (TTM average)
The Kroger Co. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -52.2%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 62.42$, high 64.30$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (semi-annually): last record date 2026-08-15, amount 0.39$ (Y1.23%)
- Total employees count: 403000 (-1.5%) as of 2026
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Market competition, Consumer preference shifts, Store investment execution, Product safety concerns, Labor/talent shortage/retention
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 6 months up through Q2 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-01-31 to 2028-01-31
- 2026-01-31 to 2027-01-31 estimated range: [51.87$, 75.03$]
- 2027-01-31 to 2028-01-31 estimated range: [53.12$, 76.96$]
Financial Metrics affecting the KR estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 12.9 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: 15.29 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 17.82
- Positive: 0.56 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.28
- Positive: 5.07 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 5.64
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.01
- Positive: 0.59 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 2.20
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -9.54 <= -7.11
- Positive: 7.04 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 11.87 <= 12.78
- Negative: 0 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 16.71 > 16.44
- Negative: -0.37 < Inventory ratio change, % of -0.11
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Financial data
| YTD | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $150,039.00MM | $147,123.00MM | $147,642.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $146,943.00MM | $143,274.00MM | $145,752.00MM |
| Operating Income | $3,096.00MM | $3,849.00MM | $1,890.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-260.00MM | $-507.00MM | $-690.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $441.00MM | $450.00MM | $639.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,836.00MM | $3,342.00MM | $1,200.00MM |
| Taxes | $667.00MM | $670.00MM | $176.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $2,164.00MM | $2,665.00MM | $1,016.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $11,615.00MM | $8,285.00MM | $5,927.00MM |
| Inventory | $7,105.00MM | $7,038.00MM | $6,892.00MM |
| Assets | $50,505.00MM | $52,616.00MM | $49,953.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $6,788.00MM | $5,794.00MM | $7,311.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $3,904.00MM | $4,017.00MM | $3,855.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,750.00MM | $-3,228.00MM | $-3,914.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-2,170.00MM | $-490.00MM | $-4,022.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $3.01 | $3.73 | $1.56 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.