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. Since then, KR stock has increased by 10.7% and is now trading at $33.86. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 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 quarterly revenue was up 11.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.72 earnings per share. View Kroger's earnings history.

Kroger announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 25th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.51%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 13th. This is a positive change from Kroger's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View Kroger's dividend history.

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 created 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.

23 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Kroger's shares. Their forecasts range from $26.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Kroger's share price to reach $33.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.4%. View analysts' price targets for Kroger.

Media coverage about KR stock has been trending very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Kroger earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pensionfund DSM Netherlands (0.01%), Pensionfund Sabic (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, 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 $33.86.

Kroger has a market capitalization of $26.34 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]