Kroger Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kroger in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Kroger stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kroger's stock. Their KR stock forecasts range from $38.00 to $75.00. On average, they predict Kroger's share price to reach $52.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.8% from the stock's current price.
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Kroger's stock was trading at $45.26 at the start of the year. Since then, KR stock has increased by 7.0% and is now trading at $48.45.
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Kroger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, September 9th 2022.
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The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 16th. The company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.18. Kroger had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.50% and a net margin of 1.54%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.19 EPS.
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Kroger declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $1.04 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $4.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th. This is an increase from Kroger's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Kroger(NYSE:KR) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.76%. Kroger has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Kroger is 28.97%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Kroger will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.95% next year. This indicates that Kroger will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kroger's stock split on the morning of 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 market closes 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 has initiated a share repurchase program on Thursday, December 30th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 3.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Kroger updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.85-$3.95 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.84. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

3,238 employees have rated Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen on Glassdoor.com. Rodney McMullen has an approval rating of 46% among Kroger's employees. This puts Rodney McMullen in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Kroger's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.24%), BlackRock Inc. (10.12%), State Street Corp (5.24%), Capital World Investors (2.36%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.28%) and LSV Asset Management (1.91%). Company insiders that own Kroger stock include Bobby S Shackouls, Calvin J Kaufman, Carin L Fike, Carin L Fike, Christine S Wheatley, Clyde R Moore, Gary Millerchip, J Michael Schlotman, Joseph A Grieshaber Jr, Marc Benioff, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Robert W Clark, Ronald Sargent, Stephen M Mckinney, Stephen M Mckinney, Stuart Aitken, Susan J Kropf, Timothy A Massa, Todd A Foley, Valerie L Jabbar, W Rodney Mcmullen and Yael Cosset.
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KR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Equity Investment Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, JPMorgan Chase & Co., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and LSV Asset Management. Company insiders that have sold Kroger company stock in the last two years include Bobby S Shackouls, Calvin J Kaufman, Carin L Fike, Christine S Wheatley, Clyde R Moore, Gary Millerchip, Joseph A Grieshaber Jr, Marc Benioff, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Robert W Clark, Ronald Sargent, Stephen M Mckinney, Stuart Aitken, Susan J Kropf, Timothy A Massa, Todd A Foley, Valerie L Jabbar, and Yael Cosset.
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KR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Twin Tree Management LP, Capital World Investors, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Eaton Vance Management, Simplex Trading LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A..
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One share of KR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.45.

Kroger (NYSE:KR) has a market capitalization of $34.93 billion and generates $137.89 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.90 on an earnings per share basis.

Kroger employs 420,000 workers across the globe.

Kroger was founded in 1883.

Kroger's mailing address is 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH, 45202. The official website for Kroger is www.thekrogerco.com. The company can be reached via phone at (513) 762-4000, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 513-762-1575.