Kroger (KR) 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

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%

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 increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Kroger has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus price target of $453.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.35%. Kroger has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Kroger's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Kroger	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor CASY or KR?

In the previous week, Kroger had 21 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Kroger and 21 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Kroger's score of 0.48 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kroger	19 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kroger shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CASY or KR?

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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	1.21	$546.52M	$14.64	35.30
Kroger	$147.12B	0.31	$2.67B	$3.67	18.94

Summary

Casey's General Stores beats Kroger on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.