Casey's General Stores (CASY) Competitors

Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and Kroger (NYSE:KR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CASY or KR?

Kroger received 475 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.33% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 646 63.09%	Underperform Votes 378 36.91%
Kroger	Outperform Votes 1121 65.33%	Underperform Votes 595 34.67%

Is CASY or KR more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.40% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.85%. Kroger's return on equity of 27.73% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casey's General Stores	3.40%	17.07%	8.12%
Kroger	1.85%	27.73%	6.35%

Which has more volatility and risk, CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CASY or KR a better dividend stock?

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Casey's General Stores pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Kroger has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CASY or KR?

Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casey's General Stores	$14.86B	1.04	$501.97M	$13.74	30.43
Kroger	$149.88B	0.28	$2.16B	$3.78	15.29

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CASY or KR?

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kroger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus price target of $408.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.36%. Kroger has a consensus price target of $63.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kroger is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Kroger	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Does the media refer more to CASY or KR?

In the previous week, Kroger had 82 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Kroger and 26 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Kroger's score of 0.50 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kroger	31 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	37 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Casey's General Stores and Kroger tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.