NYSE:KRKroger Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kroger's stock was trading at $30.59 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KR shares have increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $32.84. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kroger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Kroger.

Kroger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 18th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kroger.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March, 5th. The company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.01. The firm earned $28.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.88 billion. Kroger had a return on equity of 20.72% and a net margin of 1.36%. Kroger's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.48 earnings per share. View Kroger's earnings history.

Kroger declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View Kroger's dividend history.

Kroger shares split before market open on Tuesday, July 14th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 25th 2015. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, July 13th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Kroger stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Kroger issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.30-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.42.

23 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Kroger's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Kroger's stock price to reach $33.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kroger.

News articles about KR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kroger earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutKroger.

Kroger saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 53,600,000 shares, an increase of 30.4% from the April 30th total of 41,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,860,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 6.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Kroger's Current Options Chain.

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Kroger trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KR."

Kroger's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.67%), State Street Corp (5.35%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.73%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.09%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.85%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.13%). Company insiders that own Kroger stock include Bobby S Shackouls, Calvin J Kaufman, Carin L Fike, Christine S Wheatley, Christopher T Hjelm, Clyde R Moore, Erin S Sharp, J Michael Schlotman, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Robert D Beyer, Robert W Clark, Ronald Sargent, Stephen M Mckinney, Susan J Kropf and Timothy A Massa. View institutional ownership trends for Kroger.

KR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Franklin Resources Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Kroger company stock in the last year include Bobby S Shackouls, Carin L Fike, Clyde R Moore, J Michael Schlotman, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Stephen M Mckinney, Susan J Kropf, and Timothy A Massa. View insider buying and selling activity for Kroger.

KR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, APG Asset Management N.V., JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., PGGM Investments, and Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Kroger.

Shares of KR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of KR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.84.

Kroger has a market capitalization of $25.82 billion and generates $122.29 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.20 on an earnings per share basis. Kroger employs 435,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Kroger is www.thekrogerco.com.

Kroger's mailing address is 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH, 45201. The company can be reached via phone at 513-762-4000 or via email at [email protected]