On Friday, Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) opened lower -0.67% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $62.76. Price fluctuations for KR have ranged from $44.48 to $63.59 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Consumer Defensive sector company grew by 4.41% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -6.36% at the time writing. With a float of $717.78 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $724.00 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 414000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 21.48%, operating margin of 3.01%, and the pretax margin is 2.36%.
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 0.80%, while institutional ownership is 81.44%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 19 ’24, was worth 1,040,288. In this transaction Senior VP & Interim CFO of this company sold 16,932 shares at a rate of $61.44, taking the stock ownership to the 53,782 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s Senior Vice President sold 132,627 for $63.18, making the entire transaction worth $8,379,226. This insider now owns 217,523 shares in total.
Kroger Co (KR) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.53 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -6.36% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.00% 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 1.07. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 21.71.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.78, a number that is poised to hit 1.10 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.77 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kroger Co (KR)
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) saw its 5-day average volume 10.69 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 4.86 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.25%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.37.
During the past 100 days, Kroger Co’s (KR) raw stochastic average was set at 90.31%, which indicates a significant increase from 78.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.44% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 23.54% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $59.22, while its 200-day Moving Average is $55.39. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $62.92 in the near term. At $63.50, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $63.86. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $61.98, it is likely to go to the next support level at $61.62. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $61.04.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) Key Stats
There are currently 723,606K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 44.81 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 33,634 M and its income totaled 618,000 K.
