Compare Stocks: XLP, TGT, KR, and COST

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$989.11 +1.1%	$933.15	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$433.38B	0.88	2.39 million shs	2.52 million shs
KR Kroger	$63.53 +1.3%	$58.86	$54.15 ▼ $76.58	$37.04B	0.36	8.14 million shs	6.52 million shs
TGT Target	$154.42 -1.4%	$157.77	$83.44 ▼ $170.75	$71.16B	0.98	3.84 million shs	6.20 million shs
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$87.62 +1.1%	$84.08	$75.16 ▼ $90.14	$15.34B	0.47	14.70 million shs	23.40 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
COST Costco Wholesale	+1.13%	+4.46%	+10.67%	+5.13%	+3.57%
KR Kroger	+1.38%	+3.15%	+3.71%	+7.88%	-7.99%
TGT Target	-1.43%	+0.41%	-0.20%	+10.36%	+69.77%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	+1.08%	+5.02%	+5.15%	+2.85%	+10.59%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
COST Costco Wholesale	$989.11 +1.1%	$933.15	$844.06 ▼ $1,096.50	$433.38B	0.88	2.39 million shs	2.52 million shs
KR Kroger	$63.53 +1.3%	$58.86	$54.15 ▼ $76.58	$37.04B	0.36	8.14 million shs	6.52 million shs
TGT Target	$154.42 -1.4%	$157.77	$83.44 ▼ $170.75	$71.16B	0.98	3.84 million shs	6.20 million shs
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$87.62 +1.1%	$84.08	$75.16 ▼ $90.14	$15.34B	0.47	14.70 million shs	23.40 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
COST Costco Wholesale	+1.13%	+4.46%	+10.67%	+5.13%	+3.57%
KR Kroger	+1.38%	+3.15%	+3.71%	+7.88%	-7.99%
TGT Target	-1.43%	+0.41%	-0.20%	+10.36%	+69.77%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	+1.08%	+5.02%	+5.15%	+2.85%	+10.59%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
COST Costco Wholesale	2.70	Moderate Buy	$1,087.40	9.94% Upside
KR Kroger	2.57	Moderate Buy	$69.82	9.91% Upside
TGT Target	2.35	Hold	$159.33	3.18% Upside
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.59	Moderate Buy	$87.62	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/15/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Tigress Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$1,065.00 ➝ $1,250.00
10/13/2026	KR Kroger	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
10/13/2026	TGT Target	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$165.00
10/12/2026	TGT Target	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
10/9/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$1,000.00
10/8/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/8/2026	TGT Target	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/7/2026	KR Kroger	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$72.00
9/29/2026	KR Kroger	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Hold ➝ Buy	$80.00
9/28/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Neutral
9/28/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$1,091.00 ➝ $1,079.00

(Data available from 10/16/2023 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
COST Costco Wholesale	$303.15B	1.45	$26.84 per share	36.85	$80.80 per share	12.24
KR Kroger	$147.64B	0.25	$11.41 per share	5.57	$9.38 per share	6.77
TGT Target	$104.78B	0.67	$14.34 per share	10.77	$35.70 per share	4.33
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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
COST Costco Wholesale	$9.23B	$20.76	47.82	39.69	4.18	3.04%	27.60%	10.63%	12/10/2026 (Estimated)
KR Kroger	$1.02B	$1.84	12.54	11.45	1.72	0.73%	49.90%	6.28%	12/3/2026 (Estimated)
TGT Target	$3.71B	$9.63	18.67	16.36	2.90	4.08%	23.23%	6.41%	11/18/2026 (Estimated)
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	20.82	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/24/2026	Q4 2026	COST Costco Wholesale	$6.54	$6.75	+$0.21	$6.75	$94.97 billion	$95.72 billion
9/11/2026	Q2 2026	KR Kroger	$1.05	$1.09	+$0.04	$1.05	$34.64 billion	$34.62 billion
8/19/2026	Q2 2026	TGT Target	$2.35	$4.11	+$1.76	$4.11	$26.13 billion	$26.54 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
COST Costco Wholesale	$5.88	0.59%	-15.66%	28.32%	22 Years
KR Kroger	$1.56	2.46%	+14.53%	84.78%	19 Years
TGT Target	$4.64	3.00%	+11.02%	48.18%	54 Years
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	$2.19	2.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/17/2026	KR Kroger	quarterly	$0.39	2.57%	11/16/2026	11/16/2026	12/1/2026
9/23/2026	TGT Target	quarterly	$1.16	2.97%	11/10/2026	11/11/2026	12/1/2026
10/14/2026	COST Costco Wholesale	quarterly	$1.47	0.6%	10/30/2026	10/30/2026	11/13/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
COST Costco Wholesale	0.11	1.06	0.62
KR Kroger	2.59	0.70	0.31
TGT Target	0.80	0.99	0.36
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	68.48%
KR Kroger	80.93%
TGT Target	79.73%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
COST Costco Wholesale	0.10%
KR Kroger	0.41%
TGT Target	0.13%
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
COST Costco Wholesale	355,000	443.13 million	442.69 million	Optionable
KR Kroger	403,000	590.59 million	588.17 million	Optionable
TGT Target	415,000	454.30 million	453.71 million	Optionable
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	175.02 million	N/A	Not Optionable

XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP) Adds Walmart and Costco on Oct. 14

October 16 at 1:26 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Buy 5 High-Flying Consumer Staples Stocks for a Stable Portfolio in Q4

October 15 at 10:36 AM | zacks.com

Failed Breakout in Tech? 3 Sectors Leading the Market Rotation (XLP)

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October 15 at 10:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP) Sells Walmart and Costco on Oct. 13

October 15 at 9:29 AM | finance.yahoo.com

New State Street Sector ETFs Give Biggest Stocks Full Weight

October 14 at 5:16 PM | etftrends.comE

10/13/2026 ValuEngine Weekly Commentary

October 13, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Top and bottom 5 consumer staples stocks by Seeking Alpha quant score

October 13, 2026 | msn.com

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLP) Stock Sees Heavy Put Option Buying

October 12, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Consumer staples sector falls 3% in Q3 as oil, inflation and tech rotation weigh

October 5, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Holiday Spending Set for Strong Growth: ETFs in Focus

October 5, 2026 | zacks.com

How to Play the AI Trade With a Core-Satellite ETF Strategy

September 30, 2026 | zacks.com

ValuEngine Weekly Commentary: Sector And ETF Performance

September 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Costco Earnings Ignite Case for Consumer Staples

September 28, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Sector Update: Consumer Stocks Mixed Pre-Bell Wednesday

September 23, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Should You Invest in the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP)?

September 23, 2026 | zacks.com

Inflation Pressures May Persist: ETFs Worth Watching Now

September 22, 2026 | zacks.com

Staples ETF Widens Gap Over Discretionary in 2026

September 22, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Sector Update: Consumer Stocks Fall Premarket Friday

September 18, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

ETFs & Stocks Likely to Win From Back-to-School Season

September 10, 2026 | zacks.com

US holiday retail sales growth set to accelerate, Deloitte says

September 9, 2026 | reuters.com

Worried About Lingering Market Volatility? Defensive ETFs to Consider

September 9, 2026 | zacks.com

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XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

$989.11 +11.10 (+1.13%)

Closing price 10/16/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$987.06 -2.06 (-0.21%)

As of 10/16/2026 07:59 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

$63.53 +0.82 (+1.30%)

Closing price 10/16/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$63.39 -0.14 (-0.22%)

As of 10/16/2026 07:59 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.

Target NYSE:TGT

$154.42 -2.21 (-1.41%)

Closing price 10/16/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$154.37 -0.05 (-0.03%)

As of 10/16/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies. It also provides dry grocery, dairy, frozen food, beverages, candy, snacks, deli, bakery, meat, and food service; electronics, which includes video game hardware and software, toys, entertainment, sporting goods, and luggage; and furniture, lighting, storage, kitchenware, small appliances, home decor, bed and bath, home improvement, school/office supplies, greeting cards and party supplies, and other seasonal merchandise. In addition, the company sells merchandise through periodic design and creative partnerships, and shop-in-shop experience; and in-store amenities. Further, it sells its products through its stores; and digital channels, including Target.com. Target Corporation was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLP

$87.62 +0.94 (+1.08%)

Closing price 10/16/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$87.60 -0.03 (-0.03%)

As of 10/16/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Consumer Staples Select Sector Index (the Index).The Fund typically invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the Index in approximately the same proportions as the Index. Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities consisting of the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (SSgA FM). It invests in industries, such as food & staples retailing, household products, food products, tobacco, beverages and personal products. SSgA FM serves as the investment adviser to the Fund.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Compare Price Performance

Compare Price & Volume

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Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Analyst Ratings

Compare Sales & Book Value

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Earnings

Compare Dividends

Latest XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Dividends

Compare Debt

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Insider Ownership

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

Top Headlines

XLP, TGT, KR, and COST Company Descriptions

Costco Wholesale NASDAQ:COST

Kroger NYSE:KR

Target NYSE:TGT

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