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Kroger Company (The) (KR) Stock

$61.41 +3.65% NYSE: KR Consumer Defensive

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$61.41
Market Cap$37.62B
P/E Ratio31.63
P/B Ratio6.13
P/S Ratio0.24
EPS (TTM)$1.54
52-Week High$76.58
52-Week Low$54.15
Dividend Yield2.65%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE17.16%
ROA2.19%
ROCE6.70%
Gross Margin1.28%
Operating Margin1.28%
Net Margin0.73%
Debt/Equity4.13
Current Ratio0.80

Annual Financials (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Revenue$137.9B$148.3B$150.0B$147.1B$147.6B
Operating Profit$3.5B$4.1B$3.1B$3.8B$1.9B
Net Profit$1.7B$2.2B$2.2B$2.7B$1.0B
EPS$2.17$3.06$2.96$3.67$1.54
Op Margin2.5%2.8%2.1%2.6%1.3%

Balance Sheet (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Total Assets$49.1B$49.6B$50.5B$52.6B$49.9B
Total Liabilities$39.7B$39.6B$38.9B$44.3B$44.0B
Cash$1.8B$1.0B$1.9B$4.0B$3.3B
Borrowings$20.4B$20.4B$19.2B$25.1B$24.7B

Latest News

Sterling Organization Acquires Merchants Walk, 271,992-Square-Foot Whole Foods Market-Anchored Shopping Center in Metro Atlanta's East Cobb Submarket for $93.2 Million PR Newswire · Jul 22, 2026 Kroger Offers the Cheapest Store-Brand Grocery Basket Among Four Major Chains, Study Finds Benzinga · Jul 21, 2026 Kroger supermarkets land exclusive Coca-Cola soda TheStreet · Jul 21, 2026 Can Simpler Pricing Improve Kroger's Customer Retention? Zacks · Jul 21, 2026 Murray's Cave-Aged Cheeses Bring Home Six Medals at the 2026 American Cheese Society Awards PR Newswire · Jul 21, 2026

Cash Flow (USD)

Metric20212022202320242025
Operating Cash Flow$6.2B$4.3B$6.8B$5.8B$7.2B
Investing Cash Flow$-5.2B$-6.1B$-7.7B$-7.2B$-7.8B
Financing Cash Flow$-1.6B$-1.2B$-138.0M$-5.4B$-2.8B
Net Cash Flow$134.0M$-993.0M$868.0M$2.1B$-625.0M
Free Cash Flow$3.6B$1.2B$2.9B$1.8B$3.4B

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio-0.60
EV / EBITDA10.94
FCF Yield6.27%
Quick Ratio0.31
Interest Coverage2.93
Return 1Y-8.55%
Return 3Y42.60%
Return 5Y63.50%

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
ACIAlbertsons Companies, Inc. $12.34 +5.11% 145.81 $5.99B 5.79%
AHODFKoninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. $38.69 -2.67% 12.97 $34.11B 4.47%
CLEGFColes Group Ltd. $16.85 +0.00% 31.83 $22.63B 3.50%
GOGrocery Outlet Holding Corp. $11.93 -0.08% -2.94 $1.18B 0.00%
LBLCFLoblaw Companies Limited $46.13 +0.22% 15.63 $53.69B 0.95%

About Kroger Company (The)

Kroger Company (The) is led by CEO Gregory S. Foran, employs 409,000 people, headquartered in Cincinnati, US, publicly traded since 1977.

Kroger Company (The) (KR) stock trades at $61.41 with a market capitalization of $37.62B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.63, price-to-book of 6.13, price-to-sales of 0.24. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $54.15 and $76.58, and currently trades 19.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.65%.

On profitability, Kroger Company (The) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 17.16%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 6.70%, an operating margin of 1.28%, a net profit margin of 0.73%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Kroger Company (The) reported annual revenue of $147.6B, net profit of $1.0B, revenue has compounded at 2.2% a year over the last five years, profit at -17.0% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.13 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.80, total assets of $49.9B, $3.3B in cash and equivalents.

KR has a beta of 0.41 (less volatile than the overall market).

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