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.

Revenue
+2.01%
EPS
+15.4%
Free cash flow
−72.9%
Total debt
−5.36%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

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) Debt to equity

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The Kroger Co.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 2.9×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (3.0×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (fiscal 2024) to 3.0× (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Grocery Stores industry median of 0.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 3.0× 36.86%
FY2025 2.2× 105.16%
FY2024 1.1× (21.11%)
FY2023 1.3× (5.74%)
FY2022 1.4× 0.91%
FY2021 1.4× (14.46%)
FY2020 1.6× (15.53%)
FY2019 1.9× (13.90%)
FY2018 2.3× 7.61%
FY2017 2.1× 18.07%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jul 2026 2.9× 10.83%
Apr 2026 2.6× (11.34%)
Jan 2026 3.0× 15.66%
Oct 2025 2.6× 32.17%
52 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.1× High 3.0×
Ten-year median 1.9×
Current reading's percentile 100

Debt to equity against peers

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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