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The Kroger Co.

KR Consumer Defensive Grocery Stores

The Kroger Co.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $147.6 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 2.01%, EPS grew 15.4%, free cash flow fell 72.9% and total debt fell 5.36%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years.

61.64 0.23 +0.37%
Market cap
$36.3B
P/E
33.3×
Fwd P/E
12.4×
Dividend yield
2.34%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.36
Beneish M
−3.13
Dividend safety
54/100
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The Kroger Co. (KR) Beneish M-score

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The Kroger Co.'s Beneish M-score for fiscal 2026 is −3.13; values above −1.78 are the model's flag for possible earnings manipulation — a statistical screen, not a finding.

Beneish M-score, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Beneish M-score Change (points)
FY2026 −3.13 (0.30)
FY2025 −2.83 0.14
FY2024 −2.96 (0.45)
FY2023 −2.51 0.36
FY2022 −2.87 0.00
FY2021 −2.87 (0.50)
FY2020 −2.37 0.20
FY2019 −2.57 0.15
FY2018 −2.72 0.08
FY2017 −2.80 (0.27)

How fiscal 2026’s score is made up

Component This year Year before Result Points
Days’ sales in receivables index 1.00 — 0.92
Gross margin index 0.97 — 0.51
Asset quality index 1.01 — 0.41
Sales growth index 1.00 — 0.90
Depreciation index 0.94 — 0.11
SG&A index 1.11 — −0.19
Total accruals to total assets (0.13) — −0.59
Leverage index 1.06 — −0.35
Beneish M-score Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation −3.13

How the Beneish M-score works

M = −4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI (Beneish, 1999): eight changes in the accounts from one fiscal year to the next, which the model weighs for the pattern seen in companies that later restated their earnings. Higher is worse.

below −2.22Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation
−2.22 to −1.78Elevated
above −1.78Flagged by the model

−1.78 is the cut-off usually quoted from the paper, −2.22 a common conservative one. A statistical screen, not a finding of wrongdoing.

When asset quality, depreciation or SG&A cannot be worked out, that index is set to 1, as Beneish did, and the breakdown says so; with all three missing there is no score. Depreciation includes amortisation, and asset quality leaves out securities. Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs.

Beneish M-score against peers

Company Beneish M-score
GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. compare −3.3×
KR The Kroger Co. −3.1×
ASAIY Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR compare −2.8×
ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. compare −2.8×
NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. compare −2.6×
VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. compare −2.6×
WMK Weis Markets, Inc. compare −2.5×
IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated compare −2.3×
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. compare −1.9×

What Beneish M-score is

The Beneish M-Score combines eight year-on-year changes in the accounts into a statistical screen for patterns seen in companies that overstated earnings.

−4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI

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