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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
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K
Impairment
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Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 6.19
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 —
Insider Ownership 2.87%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 36,270.00
Revenue 149,326.00
Net Income 1,092.00
Free Cash Flow 2,460.00
Net Debt 14,261.00
Current Ratio 0.70 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 2.91 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 33.32
Fwd P/E 12.40
P/S ratio 0.25
P/B ratio 6.39 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (13.98%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 6.97%
Next Y EPS Growth 6.18%
Next Y revenue growth 2.08%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 6.45%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.3×, against a ten-year median of 0.3×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.2× in 2019 to 0.5× in 2016.
P/E against its own 10 years 89.11%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 65.18%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 97.42%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 71.49%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 41.99%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.78
Annual Dividend Rate 1.44
Annual Dividend Yield 2.34%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.37
0.35
0.35
0.39
2025 1.34
0.32
0.32
0.35
0.35
2024 1.22
0.29
0.29
0.32
0.32
2023 1.10
0.26
0.26
0.29
0.29
2022 0.94
0.21
0.21
0.26
0.26
2021 0.78
0.18
0.18
0.21
0.21
2020 0.68
0.16
0.16
0.18
0.18
2019 0.60
0.14
0.14
0.16
0.16
2018 0.99
0.13
0.13
0.14
0.46
0.14
2017 0.49
0.12
0.12
0.13
0.13
2016 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.12
0.12
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 3,098 5,271 4,578 2,736
Receivables 2,136 2,195 2,192 2,187
Inventory 7,105 7,038 6,892 7,282
Other — — — —
12,948 15,273 14,505 12,926
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 10,381 10,124 10,488 10,775
ST’ Debt 198 272 1,802 1,838
Other 3,486 3,615 3,886 3,935
16,058 15,940 18,108 18,418

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.00% 2.19% (0.14%)
Cash Flow 4.05% 1.41% 17.58%
Earnings (6.73%) (17.04%) (23.21%)
Book Value (1.35%) (9.07%) (16.00%)

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 46,121 34,621 — — —
’26 45,118 33,940 33,859 34,725 147,642
’25 45,269 33,912 33,634 34,308 147,123
’24 45,165 33,853 33,957 37,064 150,039
’23 44,600 34,638 34,198 34,822 148,258
’22 41,298 31,682 31,860 33,048 137,888
’21 41,549 30,489 29,723 30,737 132,498
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 1,774 1,311 — — —
’26 2,149 1,539 970 2,653 7,311
’25 2,342 1,122 926 1,404 5,794
’24 2,860 1,504 504 1,920 6,788
’23 1,102 1,325 911 1,160 4,498
’22 2,256 867 1,668 1,399 6,190
’21 4,245 1,160 492 918 6,815
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 481 167 — — —
’26 1,105 615 83 1,729 3,532
’25 1,342 252 (27) 587 2,154
’24 1,918 581 (444) 930 2,985
’23 371 663 114 350 1,498
’22 1,443 468 1,011 807 3,729
’21 3,582 520 (168) 181 4,115
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 1.46 1.05 — — —
’26 1.29 0.91 (2.02) 1.35 1.54
’25 1.29 0.64 0.84 0.90 3.67
’24 1.32 (0.25) 0.88 1.01 2.96
’23 0.90 1.00 0.55 0.62 3.06
’22 0.18 0.61 0.64 0.75 2.17
’21 1.52 1.03 0.80 (0.10) 3.27
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 19.69 22.85 20.70 26.72 31.43 41.82 42.10 44.48 58.12 54.15

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 34.99 32.74 29.97 37.22 47.99 62.78 50.36 63.59 74.90 76.58
People
People Employees 443,000 449,000 453,000 435,000 465,000 420,000 430,000 414,000 409,000 403,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.26 0.27 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.33 0.34 0.36 0.36 0.37
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 115,337 123,280 121,852 122,286 132,498 137,888 148,258 150,039 147,123 147,642
Gross margin, % 22.40 22.28 21.95 22.07 23.32 22.01 21.43 22.24 22.70 23.30
EBT 2,914 1,484 3,978 1,981 3,370 2,051 2,902 2,836 3,342 1,200
EBT margin, % 2.53 1.20 3.26 1.62 2.54 1.49 1.96 1.89 2.27 0.81
Net income 1,957 1,889 3,078 1,512 2,588 1,666 2,249 2,169 2,672 1,024
Depreciation 2,340 2,546 2,465 3,289 3,373 3,429 3,743 3,750 3,849 3,920
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 122.44 137.74 150.43 153.05 171.41 185.33 206.49 208.97 205.77 226.44
Earnings 2.08 2.11 3.80 2.05 3.31 2.20 3.10 2.99 3.70 1.55
Cash flow 4.54 3.81 5.14 5.84 8.82 8.32 6.26 9.45 8.10 11.21
Capex (3.79) (2.98) (3.56) (3.57) (3.49) (3.31) (4.18) (5.30) (5.09) (5.80)
Free cash flow 0.75 0.83 1.58 2.26 5.32 5.01 2.09 4.16 3.01 5.42
Book value 7.12 7.72 9.67 10.73 12.35 12.67 13.95 16.16 11.58 9.10
Shares, m 942 895 810 799 773 744 718 718 715 652
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.49 14.25 7.60 13.10 12.08 16.57 14.03 32.96 16.66 40.68
P/S 0.28 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.25 0.23 0.24 0.30 0.28
P/B 4.77 3.94 2.93 2.50 2.73 3.44 3.20 2.86 5.32 6.93
EV/Sales 0.39 0.33 0.30 0.28 0.30 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.39 0.37
EV/FCF 63.60 55.60 28.52 18.77 33.13 16.87 25.49 25.97 26.33 22.29
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 4,272 3,413 4,164 4,664 6,815 6,190 4,498 6,788 5,794 7,311
Capex (3,567) (2,671) (2,882) (2,855) (2,700) (2,461) (3,000) (3,803) (3,640) (3,779)
Free cash flow 705 742 1,282 1,809 4,115 3,729 1,498 2,985 2,154 3,532
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (2,520) (3,080) (3,471) (3,353) (2,863) (4,149) (4,568) (3,110) (667) (3,603)
Total debt 14,077 15,589 15,229 14,076 13,413 13,364 13,378 12,226 17,905 17,566
Net debt 12,845 14,081 13,619 12,498 10,630 10,461 11,236 9,128 12,634 12,988
Shareholders’ equity 6,710 6,905 7,835 8,573 9,550 9,429 10,014 11,601 8,281 5,936
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.61 5.17 8.26 3.98 5.50 3.39 4.55 4.32 5.17 1.98
ROIC 11.03 7.78 7.62 6.68 8.61 10.93 12.14 9.33 11.50 6.24
ROE 29.24 28.01 42.20 20.22 28.53 17.44 23.08 20.02 26.81 14.29
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

The Kroger Co. vs peers in Grocery Stores (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
KR The Kroger Co. $36.3B 33.3× 12.4× +2.01% (above 0%: growing) +15.38% (above 0%: growing) −72.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 22.70% 2.80%
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. $6.2B 12.4× 14.9× +4.74% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −10.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.72% 7.49% Compare
ACI Albertsons Companies, Inc. $6.0B 152× 8.6× +0.24% (above 0%: growing) −58.54% (below 0%: shrinking) −6.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 26.61% 1.06% Compare
WMK Weis Markets, Inc. $1.8B 18.1× 16.0× +4.64% (above 0%: growing) −8.91% (below 0%: shrinking) +16,012.87% (above 0%: growing) 25.75% 2.28% Compare
IMKTA Ingles Markets, Incorporated $1.6B 15.3× — (loss-making) +1.64% (above 0%: growing) −1.42% (below 0%: shrinking) −4.33% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.30% 2.52% Compare
ASAIY Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR $1.3B 19.2× 9.6× +13.15% (above 0%: growing) +157.14% (above 0%: growing) +90.96% (above 0%: growing) 19.21% 7.24% Compare
GO Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. $1.2B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +1.10% (above 0%: growing) +20.00% (above 0%: growing) −95.75% (below 0%: shrinking) 30.24% 1.32% Compare
NGVC Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. $693.2M 14.4× 14.2× +1.84% (above 0%: growing) −5.88% (below 0%: shrinking) +130.15% (above 0%: growing) 29.28% 4.48% Compare
VLGEA Village Super Market, Inc. $587.2M 10.8× 12.3× +1.58% (above 0%: growing) −19.05% (below 0%: shrinking) −54.94% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.08% 1.47% Compare
Median of peers $1.4B 15.3× 13.3× +1.74% −3.65% −5.27% 27.34% 2.40%

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KR metrics, ten years each

The Kroger Co. (KR) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $1.0 billion, or $1.55 per share (basic), a net margin of 0.69%.
  • The Kroger Co. (KR) is a Grocery Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • The Kroger Co.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $147.6 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2025.
  • As of October 9, 2026, KR traded at $61.64, a market capitalization of $36.3 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 33.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 89% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • The Kroger Co. pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share, a yield of 2.34%, with a payout ratio of 78.3%.
  • Return on equity was 14.3% and debt-to-equity 2.91.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.36 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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