On Friday, Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) opened higher 0.65% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $73.76. Price fluctuations for KR have ranged from $50.69 to $74.25 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 12.51%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 6.76% at the time writing. With a float of $655.98 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $661.00 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 409000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 23.01%, operating margin of 2.64%, and the pretax margin is 2.22%.
Kroger Co (KR) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 0.78%, while institutional ownership is 88.21%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 16 ’25, was worth 272,834. In this transaction Director of this company sold 3,810 shares at a rate of $71.61, taking the stock ownership to the 85,850 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 16 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 3,810 for $71.61, making the entire transaction worth $272,834.
Kroger Co (KR) Recent Fiscal highlights
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 7/31/2024, the company posted 0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.91) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.04 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.24% during the next five years compared to 12.51% growth 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 0.53. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.33. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.31.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.68, a number that is poised to hit 0.99 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.27 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kroger Co (KR)
Looking closely at Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), its last 5-days average volume was 5.89 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 7.09 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 93.13%.
During the past 100 days, Kroger Co’s (KR) raw stochastic average was set at 95.73%, which indicates a significant increase from 92.50% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.34 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.49 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $69.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $65.27. However, in the short run, Kroger Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $74.67. Second resistance stands at $75.10. The third major resistance level sits at $75.52. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $73.83, it is likely to go to the next support level at $73.41. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $72.98.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) Key Stats
There are currently 660,893K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 49.08 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 147,123 M according to its annual income of 2,665 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 45,118 M and its income totaled 866,000 K.
