Kroger
KR NYSE· Food Retail
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$65.87
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Kroger had $147.6B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.2% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 1.3%, down 1.3 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 1 is left after running the business.
- Kroger made $1.0B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew −3.1% a year.
- Free cash flow was $3.5B in fiscal 2025, 2.3% of revenue.
- Kroger returned $3.6B to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 104% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 9.0%.
- Kroger owes $14.2B more than it holds in cash, about 2.7 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$40.0B
P/E
36.6x
Revenue
$147.6B
Net income
$1.0B
Free cash flow
$3.5B
Operating margin
1.3%
Kroger in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+0.4%
Only a little. Sales grew 0.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
0.7%
A little. It keeps 0.7% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
2.3%
Partly. 2.3% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
2.7x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 2.7 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 8
Mixed. It passes 4 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
36.6x
One share costs 36.6 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 24.2x.
What Kroger does
Kroger runs supermarkets under a variety of local banner names in 35 states and the District of Columbia. As of January 31, 2026, it operated 2,697 supermarkets, of which 2,250 had pharmacies and 1,731 had fuel centers. Shoppers can also order online, for pickup at 2,408 of its supermarkets or for delivery. Kroger makes most of its money by selling groceries, fuel and other products in its stores and online at prices above what it costs to get them to customers. Its retail operations make up substantially all of its sales and are its only reportable segment. Its own brands, which it calls Our Brands and which include Private Selection, Kroger, Smart Way and Simple Truth, represented over $39 billion of sales in 2025. It also runs what it calls alternative profit businesses, such as Kroger Precision Marketing, which sells advertising to consumer goods companies and others based on its shopper data.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Intense competition from many kinds of food sellers, in stores and online, and failing to keep up with how shoppers want to buy.
- Its relationship with the unions that represent most of its workers, including any work stoppage affecting many of its stores.
- Selling food or other products that make customers sick or hurt them, which could damage trust and bring lawsuits.
- Having to pay more into multi-employer pension plans if they fall short.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 31, 2026
- Legal name
- KROGER CO
- CIK
- 0000056873
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $137.9B | $148.3B | $150.0B | $147.1B | $147.6B |
| Revenue growth | 4.1% | 7.5% | 1.2% | −1.9% | 0.4% |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.3% |
| Net income | $1.7B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $2.7B | $1.0B |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.17 | $3.06 | $2.96 | $3.67 | $1.54 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $6.2B | $4.5B | $6.8B | $5.8B | $7.3B |
| Capital expenditure | $2.6B | $3.1B | $3.9B | $4.0B | $3.9B |
| Free cash flow | $3.6B | $1.4B | $2.9B | $1.8B | $3.5B |
| FCF margin | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Dividends paid | $589M | $682M | $796M | $883M | $885M |
| Share buybacks | $1.6B | $993M | $62.0M | $4.2B | $2.7B |
| Share count change | −3.5% | −3.6% | −0.3% | −0.7% | −9.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.8B | $1.0B | $1.9B | $4.0B | $3.3B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $13.4B | $13.4B | $12.2B | $17.9B | $17.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $9.5B | $10.0B | $11.6B | $8.3B | $5.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 2.7x |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 1.0x | 0.8x |
| Interest coverage | 6.1x | 7.7x | 7.0x | 15.3x | 3.0x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 13.4% | 14.8% | 10.7% | 13.9% | 7.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 26.8% | 14.3% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$6.2M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kroger KR | $40.0B | 0.4% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 7.6% | 36.6x | 4 |
| Albertsons ACI | $6.7B | 3.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 5.5% | — | 5 |
| United Natural Foods UNFI | $3.0B | −2.0% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 5.3% | — | 6 |
| Casey's CASY | $25.9B | 10.2% | — | 4.1% | 13.6% | 33.6x | 7 |
| Sprouts Farmers Market SFM | $6.1B | 14.1% | 7.8% | 5.3% | 46.9% | 12.3x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $65.87 a share, the company is worth $40.0B: 36.6 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Kroger grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 2.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000056873). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.