On Friday, Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) opened lower -2.44% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $60.71. Price fluctuations for KR have ranged from $43.51 to $61.37 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 4.41% annually for the last half of the decade. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -6.87% at the time writing. With a float of $717.63 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $724.00 million.
In an organization with 414000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.3%, operating margin of 3.06%, and the pretax margin is 2.39%.
Kroger Co (KR) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Grocery Stores industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Kroger Co is 0.81%, while institutional ownership is 81.42%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 07 ’24, was worth 386,248. In this transaction Vice President & Controller of this company sold 6,922 shares at a rate of $55.80, taking the stock ownership to the 14,063 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 23 ’24, when Company’s Senior Vice President sold 3,000 for $55.91, making the entire transaction worth $167,730. This insider now owns 74,084 shares in total.
Kroger Co (KR) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.48 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.87% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.50% during the next five years compared to -4.67% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Kroger Co (KR). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.46. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.28. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 24.46.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.82, a number that is poised to hit 1.10 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.61 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kroger Co (KR)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 5.19 million. That was better than the volume of 4.66 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 55.90%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.20.
During the past 100 days, Kroger Co’s (KR) raw stochastic average was set at 79.96%, which indicates a significant increase from 50.12% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.16% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.27% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $57.72, while its 200-day Moving Average is $54.68. However, in the short run, Kroger Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $60.23. Second resistance stands at $61.24. The third major resistance level sits at $61.81. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $58.66, it is likely to go to the next support level at $58.09. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $57.09.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) Key Stats
There are currently 723,486K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 41.81 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 150,039 M according to its annual income of 2,164 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 33,912 M and its income totaled 466,000 K.
