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The Kroger Co. (KR) vs Yesway Inc. (YSWY)

The Kroger Co. and Yesway Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. The Kroger Co. is the larger, with a market value of $38.9B against $1.5B — 25.3× the size. The Kroger Co. has the higher net margin (0.73% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.47% vs 4.53%). Across the 12 metrics below, The Kroger Co. leads on 6 and Yesway Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
P/E 36.04 — 12.48
P/S 0.27 n/m 0.27
P/B 6.91 0.90 1.56
Price to free cash flow 16.42 4.99 11.85
EV/EBITDA 9.27 12.78 6.35
EV/Sales 0.37 n/m 0.36
Earnings yield 2.77% — 5.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.09% 20.06% 7.43%

Profitability

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 23.11% — 26.99%
Operating margin 1.39% 0.00% 0.95%
Net margin 0.73% 0.00% 1.01%
Free cash flow margin 1.65% 0.00% 1.33%
Return on equity 14.35% 0.00% 6.84%
Return on assets 2.11% 3.91% 3.05%
Return on invested capital 6.47% 4.53% 4.85%

Growth

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.78%) — 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (58.04%) — (37.74%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.19% — 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.04%) — 0.00%

Health

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 2.91 0.46 0.38
Current ratio 0.70 1.48 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.24 — 0.30

Dividend

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 2.74% — 1.83%
Payout ratio 0.99 — 0.35

Size

Metric KR YSWY Grocery Stores median
Market cap 38.94b 1.54b 1.27b

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