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. Since then, KR stock has increased by 12.0% and is now trading at $34.26.
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25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kroger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 13 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Kroger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September 10th 2020.
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Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 18th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $41.55 billion for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.72 EPS.
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Kroger declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be given 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 8.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 13th. This is a positive change from Kroger's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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Shares of Kroger split before market open on Tuesday, July 14th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, June 25th 2015. The newly issued shares were issued 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.

25 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Kroger's stock. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Kroger's share price to reach $34.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%.
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News stories about KR stock have been trending extremely negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kroger earned a daily sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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Kroger saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 57,150,000 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the July 15th total of 52,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,780,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.3 days. Approximately 7.4% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Kroger include Casey's General Stores (CASY), Weis Markets (WMK), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Village Super Market (VLGEA) and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kroger investors own include Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Walmart (WMT).

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

Kroger's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (2.28%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.82%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.58%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.57%). 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, Todd A Foley and W Rodney Mcmullen.
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KR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, LSV Asset Management, Victory Capital Management Inc., Vaughan David Investments LLC IL, First Trust Advisors LP, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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, Joseph A Grieshaber Jr, Mark C Tuffin, Mary Ellen Adcock, Michael Joseph Donnelly, Susan J Kropf, Timothy A Massa, Todd A Foley, and W Rodney Mcmullen.
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KR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Retirement Systems of Alabama, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ .
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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 $34.26.

Kroger has a market capitalization of $26.65 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]