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.

66.76 0.83 +1.26%
Market cap
$38.9B
P/E
36.0×
Fwd P/E
13.3×
Dividend yield
2.74%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
4.36
Beneish M
−3.13
Dividend safety
54/100

The Kroger Co. (KR) Current ratio

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The Kroger Co.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 0.7×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (0.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (fiscal 2023) to 1.0× (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is below the Grocery Stores industry median of 1.1× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2026 0.8× (16.41%)
FY2025 1.0× 18.84%
FY2024 0.8× 9.70%
FY2023 0.7× (1.45%)
FY2022 0.7× (8.34%)
FY2021 0.8× 6.42%
FY2020 0.8× 1.03%
FY2019 0.8× (3.36%)
FY2018 0.8× (2.60%)
FY2017 0.8× 5.43%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Jul 2026 0.7× (11.22%)
Apr 2026 0.8× (1.31%)
Jan 2026 0.8× (8.74%)
Oct 2025 0.9× (7.27%)
52 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 1.0×
Ten-year median 0.8×
Current reading's percentile 67

Current ratio against peers

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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