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) EV/EBITDA

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As of 30 October 2026, The Kroger Co. (KR) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 9.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.8× (August 2020) to 10.7× (March 2026); the current reading is higher than 95% of that period. That is above the Grocery Stores industry median of 6.3× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 10.1×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2026 9.3× 26.41%
FY2025 7.4× 5.71%
FY2024 7.0× 16.97%
FY2023 6.0× (6.36%)
FY2022 6.4× (6.53%)
FY2021 6.8× 11.04%
FY2020 6.1× (14.86%)
FY2019 7.2× (9.98%)
FY2018 8.0× 3.32%
FY2017 7.7× (11.63%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jul 2026 8.4× (10.88%)
Apr 2026 9.4× 0.65%
Jan 2026 9.3× (5.94%)
Oct 2025 9.9× 33.47%
52 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.8× High 10.7×
Ten-year median 6.8×
Current reading's percentile 95

EV/EBITDA against peers

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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