Kroger (KR) Competitors

Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and Kroger (NYSE:KR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is CASY or KR a better dividend stock?

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Kroger has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CASY or KR?

Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Casey's General Stores	$15.94B	1.19	$546.52M	$14.64	34.85
Kroger	$147.12B	0.32	$2.67B	$3.67	19.44

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CASY or KR?

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kroger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores presently has a consensus price target of $465.25, suggesting a potential downside of 8.82%. Kroger has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.91%. Given Kroger's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kroger is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Kroger	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CASY or KR?

In the previous week, Kroger had 34 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Kroger and 14 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Kroger's score of 0.49 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kroger	22 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CASY or KR more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.76%. Kroger's return on equity of 30.01% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Casey's General Stores	3.43%	16.28%	7.13%
Kroger	1.76%	30.01%	5.82%

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Kroger on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.