Kroger (KR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, KR or CASY?

Kroger has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, KR or CASY?

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
Kroger	$147.12B	0.32	$2.16B	$3.67	19.62
Casey's General Stores	$15.55B	1.09	$501.97M	$14.35	31.96

Is KR or CASY more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.85%. Kroger's return on equity of 27.73% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kroger	1.85%	27.73%	6.35%
Casey's General Stores	3.57%	17.17%	7.99%

Do analysts rate KR or CASY?

Kroger presently has a consensus target price of $67.06, suggesting a potential downside of 6.85%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $430.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.17%. Given Casey's General Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Casey's General Stores is more favorable than Kroger.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kroger	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KR or CASY?

Kroger received 483 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.33% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kroger	Outperform Votes 1138 65.33%	Underperform Votes 604 34.67%
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 655 63.04%	Underperform Votes 384 36.96%

Does the media refer more to KR or CASY?

In the previous week, Kroger had 27 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Kroger and 17 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Kroger's score of 0.82 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kroger	26 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Casey's General Stores	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KR or CASY a better dividend stock?

Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kroger pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.9% 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. Kroger has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

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

80.9% of Kroger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kroger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Kroger on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.