Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) established initial surge of 0.64% at $70.71, as the Stock market unbolted on Thursday, before settling in for the price of $70.26 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, KR posted a 52-week range of $50.69-$74.11.
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It was noted that the giant of the Consumer Defensive sector posted annual sales growth of 12.51% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 12.51%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 6.79%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $661.00 million, simultaneously with a float of $655.72 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $46.75 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $69.22, while the 200-day Moving Average is $63.63.
Kroger Co (KR) Ownership Facts and Figures
Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the Kroger Co industry. Kroger Co’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.82%, in contrast to 88.27% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jun 27 ’25, this organization’s Executive Vice President sold 34,250 shares at the rate of 71.16, making the entire transaction reach 2,437,230 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 184,473. Preceding that transaction, on Jun 25 ’25, Company’s Executive Vice President sold 37,960 for 72.44, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 2,749,633. This particular insider is now the holder of 75,218 in total.
Kroger Co (KR) Earnings and Revenue Records
Kroger Co’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 6.79% and is forecasted to reach 5.27 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 8.23% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 12.51% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Kroger Co (KR). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.53. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $19.22, and its Beta score is 0.58. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 0.32. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 26.02.
In the same vein, KR’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 3.68, a figure that is expected to reach 1.00 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 5.27 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Kroger Co (KR)
Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [Kroger Co, KR]. During the last 5-days, its volume was lower the volume of 7.25 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 38.58% While, its Average True Range was 54.09%.
Raw Stochastic average of Kroger Co (KR) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 71.92%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 48.56% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 1.74 that was higher than 1.57 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
