The Kroger Co. (KR)

Last Closing Price: 65.56 (2025-06-13)

Company Description

The Kroger Co. is one of the world's largest food retailers. The Kroger Co. formats include supermarkets, price-impact warehouse stores, and multi-department stores, which are similar to supercenters, but offer an expanded variety of national brand appeal and general merchandise. Kroger also operates convenience stores, C-stores provide valuable synergies for the rapid expansion of supermarket fuel centers. Kroger fine jewelry stores under names like Fred Meyer Jewelers and Littman Jewelers. This is a high-margin business with good cash flow. Kroger is the only major U.S. supermarket company to operate an economical three-tier distribution system. Kroger also operates food production or manufacturing facilities producing high quality private-label products that provide value for customers and enhanced margins for Kroger. Kroger operates supermarket fuel centers, which are a natural addition to one-stop-shopping strategy.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $147.12B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.67B
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 13.82
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 14.63
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 1.96
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 0.29
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 5.23
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 6.10
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 2.27%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 1.81%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 28.17%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 5.96%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.96
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.52
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 2.13
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 16.27
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $12.55
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $1.14
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $4.47
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $3.67
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Grocery Stores
Common Shares Outstanding 660.89M
Free Float 657.99M
Market Capitalization $43.33B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 6.33M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.58
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 0.44%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 80.93%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.28
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 1.95%