Compare Stocks: BGS, COST, and KR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BGS B&G Foods	$3.17 -1.7%	$3.56	$3.10 ▼ $6.38	$256.02M	0.48	1.75 million shs	3.43 million shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$904.77 +0.3%	$940.09	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$400.19B	0.86	1.79 million shs	1.77 million shs
KR Kroger	$58.50 +2.7%	$57.78	$54.15 ▼ $76.58	$34.89B	0.41	5.62 million shs	12.36 million shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BGS B&G Foods	-1.86%	-4.09%	-11.84%	-21.56%	-31.32%
COST Costco Wholesale	+0.26%	-1.20%	-4.72%	-7.90%	-5.39%
KR Kroger	+2.87%	-0.20%	+4.51%	-9.51%	-12.71%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BGS B&G Foods	$3.17 -1.7%	$3.56	$3.10 ▼ $6.38	$256.02M	0.48	1.75 million shs	3.43 million shs
COST Costco Wholesale	$904.77 +0.3%	$940.09	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$400.19B	0.86	1.79 million shs	1.77 million shs
KR Kroger	$58.50 +2.7%	$57.78	$54.15 ▼ $76.58	$34.89B	0.41	5.62 million shs	12.36 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BGS B&G Foods	-1.86%	-4.09%	-11.84%	-21.56%	-31.32%
COST Costco Wholesale	+0.26%	-1.20%	-4.72%	-7.90%	-5.39%
KR Kroger	+2.87%	-0.20%	+4.51%	-9.51%	-12.71%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BGS B&G Foods	1.50	Reduce	$4.00	26.38% Upside
COST Costco Wholesale	2.60	Moderate Buy	$1,056.03	16.72% Upside
KR Kroger	2.53	Moderate Buy	$71.31	21.90% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BGS, COST, and KR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/9/2026	KR Kroger	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$68.00
9/8/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$1,030.00
9/4/2026	KR Kroger	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
9/4/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$1,091.00
9/4/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$1,144.00
9/3/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$1,000.00
9/3/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$1,125.00
9/2/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
9/1/2026	KR Kroger	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$61.00 ➝ $57.00
8/13/2026	BGS B&G Foods	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$5.00 ➝ $4.50
8/12/2026	BGS B&G Foods	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sell	$4.00 ➝ $3.00

(Data available from 9/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BGS B&G Foods	$1.77B	0.15	$2.40 per share	1.32	$5.66 per share	0.56
COST Costco Wholesale	$293.59B	1.37	$23.57 per share	38.39	$65.76 per share	13.76
KR Kroger	$148.65B	0.24	$11.56 per share	5.06	$9.38 per share	6.24

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BGS B&G Foods	-$43.26M	-$0.89	N/A	5.46	N/A	-4.00%	10.74%	1.55%	11/11/2026 (Estimated)
COST Costco Wholesale	$8.10B	$19.88	45.51	40.23	3.76	3.01%	28.04%	10.63%	9/24/2026 (Estimated)
KR Kroger	$1.02B	$1.70	34.41	10.60	1.59	0.71%	44.33%	6.20%	N/A

Latest BGS, COST, and KR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/24/2026	Q4 2026	COST Costco Wholesale	$6.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	$94.83 billion	N/A
9/11/2026	Q2 2026	KR Kroger	$1.05	$1.09	+$0.04	$1.05	$34.64 billion	$34.62 billion
8/11/2026	Q2 2026	BGS B&G Foods	$0.0553	$0.06	+$0.0047	-$0.05	$394.92 million	$383.28 million
6/18/2026	Q1 2026	KR Kroger	$1.59	$1.58	-$0.01	$1.4736	$45.59 billion	$46.12 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BGS B&G Foods	$0.38	12.01%	-16.74%	N/A	N/A
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.88	0.65%	+12.75%	29.58%	22 Years
KR Kroger	$1.56	2.67%	+14.53%	91.76%	19 Years

Latest BGS, COST, and KR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/4/2026	BGS B&G Foods	quarterly	$0.0950	10.78%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/30/2026
6/25/2026	KR Kroger	quarterly	$0.39	2.75%	8/14/2026	8/15/2026	9/1/2026
7/8/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.47	0.63%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	8/7/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BGS B&G Foods	5.08	1.62	1.09
COST Costco Wholesale	0.17	1.07	0.61
KR Kroger	2.43	0.79	0.39

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BGS B&G Foods	66.15%
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
KR Kroger	80.93%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BGS B&G Foods	5.30%
COST Costco Wholesale	0.10%
KR Kroger	0.41%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BGS B&G Foods	2,497	81.28 million	76.97 million	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	341,000	443.48 million	443.04 million	Optionable
KR Kroger	403,000	612.65 million	610.14 million	Optionable

BGS, COST, and KR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Kroger trims sales target as shoppers pull back, sticks to profit forecast

September 12 at 8:41 AM | msn.com

Engineers Gate Manager LP Increases Position in The Kroger Co. $KR

September 12 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Kroger (KR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

September 12 at 3:40 AM | fool.com

Kroger cuts sales view, citing cyclospora and pressured shoppers

September 11 at 10:40 PM | msn.com

Kroger Q2: Don't Let Weak Same-Store Sales Fool You

September 11 at 6:51 PM | seekingalpha.com

Boar's Head meats starting to disappear from Kroger stores

September 11 at 5:39 PM | wcpo.comW

Investors Buy Large Volume of Kroger Call Options (NYSE:KR)

September 11 at 3:19 PM | marketbeat.com

The Kroger Co. (KR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

September 11 at 2:00 PM | seekingalpha.com

Crude Oil Down 3%; Kroger Shares Gain After Upbeat Q2 Earnings

September 11 at 1:50 PM | benzinga.com

Kroger’s Textbook Entry for Buy-and-Hold Investors

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September 11 at 1:15 PM | marketbeat.com

The Kroger Co. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

September 11 at 12:57 PM | seekingalpha.com

Cyclospora outbreak hammers Kroger sales as shoppers avoided produce

September 11 at 12:38 PM | dispatch.com

Kroger reports Q2 results, updates guidance for 2026

September 11 at 12:38 PM | drugstorenews.comD

Kroger cuts forecast as inflation and grocery price war squeeze sales

September 11 at 12:38 PM | latimes.com

Kroger Cuts Full-Year Sales Guidance as Q2 Adjusted EPS Reaches $1.09

September 11 at 12:38 PM | investorshub.advfn.com

Kroger’s comps slide to near zero as cyclospora outbreak eats into produce sales

September 11 at 12:38 PM | grocerydive.comG

Kroger Q2 2026 earnings: stock falls as sales guidance cut

September 11 at 12:38 PM | qz.comQ

Kroger Lowers Full-Year Identical Sales Growth Outlook Following Fiscal Second-Quarter Revenue Miss

September 11 at 12:38 PM | finance.yahoo.com

KR Stock Declines After Company Cuts Identical Sales Forecast For 2026 – A Look At Some Key Highlights

September 11 at 12:38 PM | stocktwits.comS

Kroger raises profit outlook after Q2 earnings beat

September 11 at 12:38 PM | proactiveinvestors.com

Kroger Cuts Sales Guidance After a Messy Quarter but the Stock Is Rising

September 11 at 12:38 PM | finance.yahoo.com

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BGS, COST, and KR Company Descriptions

B&G Foods NYSE:BGS

$3.16 -0.06 (-1.71%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$3.18 +0.01 (+0.35%)

As of 09/11/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

B&G Foods, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of shelf-stable frozen food, and household products in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. It operates through the following segments: Specialty, Meals, Frozen & Vegetables, and Spices & Flavor Solutions. The Specialty segment includes, among others, the Crisco, Clabber Girl, Bear Creek, Polaner, Underwood, B&G, Grandma’s, New York Style, Don Pepino, Sclafani, B&M, Baker’s Joy, Regina, TrueNorth, Static Guard, SugarTwin and Brer Rabbit brands. The Meals segment focuses on the Ortega, Maple Grove Farms, Cream of Wheat, Las Palmas, Victoria, Mama Mary’s, Spring Tree, McCann’s, Carey’s and Vermont Maid brands. The Frozen & Vegetables segment consists of Green Giant and Le Sueur brands. The Spices & Flavor Solutions segment offers Dash, Spice Islands, Weber, Ac’cent, Tone’s, Trappey’s, Durkee and Wright’s brands. Its products include frozen and canned vegetables, hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned meats and beans, bagel chips, spices, seasonings, hot sauces, and wine vinegar. Its brands include Back to Nature, Bear Creek, Cream of Wheat, Green Giant, Mrs. Dash, and Ortega. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$904.77 +2.39 (+0.26%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$904.95 +0.18 (+0.02%)

As of 09/11/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories. It offers merchandise, such as sundries, dry groceries, candies, coolers, freezers, deli, liquor, and tobacco; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, garden and patio products, sporting goods, tires, toys and seasonal products, office supplies, automotive care products, postages, tickets, apparel, small appliances, furniture, domestics, housewares, special order kiosks, and jewelry; and meat, produce, service deli, and bakery products. The company also operates gasoline, pharmacies, optical, food courts, hearing-aid centers, and tire installation centers; and offers business delivery, travel, grocery, and various other services online. It also operates e-commerce websites. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.

Kroger NYSE:KR

$58.50 +1.55 (+2.73%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$58.72 +0.22 (+0.37%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

The Kroger Co. operates as a food and drug retailer in the United States. The company operates combination food and drug stores, multi-department stores, marketplace stores, and price impact warehouses. Its combination food and drug stores offer natural food and organic sections, pharmacies, general merchandise, pet centers, fresh seafood, and organic produce; and multi-department stores provide apparel, home fashion and furnishings, outdoor living, electronics, automotive products, and toys. The company's marketplace stores offer full-service grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty care, and perishable goods, as well as general merchandise, including apparel, home goods, and toys; and price impact warehouse stores provide grocery, and health and beauty care items, as well as meat, dairy, baked goods, and fresh produce items. It also manufactures and processes food products for sale in its supermarkets and online; and sells fuel through fuel centers. The Kroger Co. was founded in 1883 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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