The Kroger Co. (KR) Stock: Price, Metrics & AI Assessment

COMPANY DATA

Sector: Consumer DefensiveIndustry: Grocery StoresCountry: USCEO: Gregory S. ForanEmployees: 403,000Market cap: 35.9 BIPO: 02/01/1977Web: www.thekrogerco.com

The Kroger Co. functions as a significant retail entity throughout the United States, encompassing a varied collection of store formats. Its operations include integrated food and drug stores, which stock a broad range of products from natural and organic sections to pharmacies, general merchandise, pet centers, fresh…

PRICE HISTORY

26/08/25-14.9 %26/08/26

1D

+0.5 %

1W

+4.3 %

1M

+1.3 %

6M

-13.1 %

YTD

-6 %

1Y

-14.9 %

2Y

+11.3 %

5Y

+29.1 %

10Y

+79.7 %

EARNINGS

Next earnings date

11/09/2026 (in 16 days)

Volatility around earnings

~71% stronger price swings than usual

SCORES

Valuation

Valuation roughly in line with its historical average.

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Trend

Clear downtrend.

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Quality

Average balance sheet quality.

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Dividend

Stable, well-covered dividend.

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Growth

Very weak growth or significantly too expensive relative to it.

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Insider

Not enough data yet for an assessment.

Earnings

Beats expectations consistently recently.

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Revisions

Not enough data yet for an assessment.

Sentiment

Not enough data yet for an assessment.

Short Pressure

Persistently high short volume ratio, partly with a Reg SHO threshold listing.

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Deterministically calculated from financial metrics, not investment advice. Updated nightly, last on 26/08/2026.

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ANALYST ASSESSMENT

PRICE TARGET LOW

US$58.00

CONSENSUS

US$71.58

MEDIAN

US$72.00

PRICE TARGET HIGH

US$82.00

0

STRONG BUY

21

BUY

17

HOLD

6

SELL

0

STRONG SELL

44

TOTAL · Buy

DATE	ANALYST FIRM	RATING	ACTION
11/08/2026	Evercore ISI Group	Outperform	maintain
07/07/2026	Evercore ISI Group	Outperform	maintain
02/07/2026	Guggenheim	Buy	maintain
23/06/2026	Citigroup	Neutral	maintain
22/06/2026	Guggenheim	Buy	maintain
22/06/2026	Barclays	Equal Weight	maintain
22/06/2026	UBS	Neutral	maintain
22/06/2026	Telsey Advisory Group	Outperform	maintain

METRICS

P/E

33.87

P/B

5.55

EV/EBITDA

10.58

RETURN ON EQUITY

14 %

NET MARGIN

2 %

DEBT/EQUITY

3.63

DIVIDEND YIELD

2.5 %

AS OF

23/05/2026

FREE FLOAT & LIQUIDITY

FREE FLOAT

99.7 %

FLOAT SHARES

610,658,347

AVG. DAILY VOLUME (30D)

5,978,315

INSIDER TRANSACTIONS (SEC)

DATE	INSIDER	ROLE	TRANSACTION	SHARES	PLAN TYPE
16/07/2026	SARGENT RONALD	Director	Grant	7,916	Spontaneous
16/07/2026	HOGUET KAREN M	Director	Grant	3,660	Spontaneous
16/07/2026	Butier Mitchell R	Director	Grant	3,660	Spontaneous
16/07/2026	Sutton Mark S	Director	Grant	3,660	Spontaneous
16/07/2026	Vemuri Ashok	Director	Grant	3,660	Spontaneous

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ATTENTION

1 mention today in US forums, about the same as yesterdayPrice since yesterday: +0.5%

Forums (Reddit)

24/0825/08

INSTITUTIONAL HOLDERS

FUND / INSTITUTION	SHARES	CHANGE	AS OF
BlackRock, Inc.	54,330,207	+1,211,849	30/06/2026
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC	39,000,000	-11,000,000	30/06/2026
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	35,522,344	-901,603	30/06/2026
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	30,961,732	-693,330	30/06/2026
STATE STREET CORP	29,233,695	-1,217,209	30/06/2026

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DIVIDENDS

EX-DATE	PAY DATE	AMOUNT	YIELD
14/08/2026	01/09/2026	US$0.39	2.5 %
15/05/2026	01/06/2026	US$0.35	2.1 %
13/02/2026	01/03/2026	US$0.35	1.9 %
14/11/2025	01/12/2025	US$0.35	2 %
15/08/2025	01/09/2025	US$0.35	1.9 %

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STOCK SPLITS

DATE	RATIO
14/07/2015	2:1
29/06/1999	2:1
23/04/1997	2:1
01/10/1986	2:1
29/05/1979	2:1