NYSE:KR - Kroger Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Kroger announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 14th. View Kroger's Dividend History.

Shares of Kroger split on Tuesday, July 14th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 25th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 30th. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The company earned $27.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.48 billion. Kroger had a net margin of 1.55% and a return on equity of 29.27%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.41 earnings per share. View Kroger's Earnings History.

Kroger is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June, 21st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kroger.

22 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Kroger's stock. Their predictions range from $21.00 to $36.00. On average, they anticipate Kroger's share price to reach $27.50 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Kroger.

Kroger saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,403,107 shares, an increase of 1.9% from the May 15th total of 56,473,750 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,826,194 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 6.9% of the company's stock are short sold.

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Media stories about KR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kroger earned a media sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 45.85 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Kroger's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (1.75%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.40%), Northern Trust Corp (1.27%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (1.21%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.99%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.88%). Company insiders that own Kroger stock include Carin L Fike, Christopher T Hjelm, J Michael Schlotman, Jorge P Montoya, Kevin M Dougherty, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Oflen Mary Elizabeth Van, Robert W Clark, Ronald Sargent, Susan J Kropf, Susan M Phillips and Todd A Foley. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kroger.

KR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Swiss National Bank, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Tyvor Capital LLC, State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Kroger company stock in the last year include Carin L Fike, Christopher T Hjelm, Jorge P Montoya, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Robert W Clark and Todd A Foley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kroger.

KR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Smead Capital Management Inc., Korea Investment CORP, LSV Asset Management, Aristotle Capital Management LLC, Canyon Capital Advisors LLC and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.01.

Kroger has a market capitalization of $20.81 billion and generates $122.66 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.91 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.04 on an earnings per share basis. Kroger employs 449,000 workers across the globe.

Kroger's mailing address is 1014 VINE ST, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The company can be reached via phone at 513-762-4000 or via email at [email protected]