NYSE:KRKroger Stock Price, Forecast & News

Kroger's stock was trading at $30.59 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KR shares have increased by 10.0% and is now trading at $33.64. 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, September 10th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Kroger.

Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 18th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.10. The business earned $41.55 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $40.92 billion. Kroger had a return on equity of 24.62% and a net margin of 1.66%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.72 earnings per share. View Kroger's earnings history.

Kroger declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.72 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 13th. This is a boost from Kroger's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. 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 created shares were distributed 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.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Kroger's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they expect Kroger's stock price to reach $33.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Kroger.

Media headlines about KR stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kroger earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Kroger.

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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 Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.01%), Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.01%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.00%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%) and Farmers Trust Co. (0.00%). 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, Joseph A Grieshaber Jr, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Robert D Beyer, Robert W Clark, Ronald Sargent, Stephen M Mckinney, Susan J Kropf, Timothy A Massa and W Rodney Mcmullen. View institutional ownership trends for Kroger.

KR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, Farmers Trust Co., Fulton Bank N. A., and Park National Corp OH. 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 $33.64.

Kroger has a market capitalization of $26.17 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, 45202. The company can be reached via phone at 513-762-4000 or via email at [email protected]