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KR vs. CASY, COST, SFM, TGLS, ULTA, ACI, BJ, DKS, TGT, and WMT

Should you be buying Kroger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kroger include Casey's General Stores (CASY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Albertsons Companies (ACI), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Target (TGT), and Walmart (WMT).

Kroger vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Casey's General Stores$15.94B1.15$546.52M$14.6433.56
Kroger$146.97B0.30$2.67B$3.6718.33

85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kroger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.43% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.89%. Kroger's return on equity of 34.71% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Casey's General Stores3.43% 16.28% 7.13%
Kroger 1.89%34.71%6.11%

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Casey's General Stores pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 38.1% 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.

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

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus price target of $467.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.89%. Kroger has a consensus price target of $70.58, indicating a potential upside of 4.92%. 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)
12 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37

In the previous week, Kroger had 30 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Kroger and 21 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Kroger's score of 0.75 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kroger
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Kroger on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KR vs. The Competition

MetricKrogerRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.47B$79.01B$27.09B$21.27B
Dividend Yield2.03%2.54%172.55%3.51%
P/E Ratio18.3416.7727.5529.37
Price / Sales0.300.428.5649.79
Price / Cash6.328.1857.7923.86
Price / Book5.362.784.695.38
Net Income$2.67B$2.46B$872.89M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-3.11%-2.01%0.40%0.53%
1 Month Performance-2.92%0.85%1.63%3.60%
1 Year Performance28.14%11.04%17.47%12.11%

Kroger Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KR
Kroger
4.518 of 5 stars
$67.27
-0.3%
$70.58
+4.9%
+26.6%$44.47B$146.97B18.34420,000Trending News
CASY
Casey's General Stores
4.2924 of 5 stars
$496.78
+0.0%
$467.33
-5.9%
+34.8%$18.46B$15.94B33.9349,272Positive News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2337 of 5 stars
$941.34
0.0%
$1,050.00
+11.5%
+6.4%$417.57B$268.78B53.39333,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SFM
Sprouts Farmers Market
3.9728 of 5 stars
$144.28
-0.7%
$173.73
+20.4%
+38.7%$14.20B$7.72B29.6935,000Positive News
Buyback Announcement
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.981 of 5 stars
$73.25
+1.1%
$89.00
+21.5%
+16.7%$3.44B$955.73M22.896,910News Coverage
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.6383 of 5 stars
$526.06
+0.3%
$498.88
-5.2%
+44.7%$23.57B$11.42B20.5558,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ACI
Albertsons Companies
4.0935 of 5 stars
$19.41
-1.4%
$23.94
+23.4%
-4.8%$11.02B$80.39B11.83195,000News Coverage
Positive News
BJ
BJ's Wholesale Club
2.7377 of 5 stars
$96.20
+0.9%
$113.18
+17.6%
+17.1%$12.59B$20.50B22.0633,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.8402 of 5 stars
$226.80
-0.5%
$223.33
-1.5%
-8.3%$18.24B$13.44B16.2256,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TGT
Target
4.9346 of 5 stars
$96.19
-1.0%
$113.74
+18.2%
-38.3%$44.13B$106.57B11.21440,000
WMT
Walmart
4.6448 of 5 stars
$96.03
0.0%
$110.59
+15.2%
+26.3%$766.68B$680.99B36.102,100,000

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This page (NYSE:KR) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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