Kroger Company (The) (KR): Price and Financial Metrics

KR POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where KR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 87.67% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for KR is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 48 weeks.
• KR ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 35th percentile.

KR Stock Summary

• Kroger Co's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 97.95% of US listed stocks.
• Kroger Co's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.67% of US equities in our set.
• KR's price/sales ratio is 0.22; that's higher than the P/S ratio of merely 3.07% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Kroger Co are TSCO, ODFL, AJG, LUV, and BBY.
• KR's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Kroger Co's official web site, go to www.thekrogerco.com.

KR Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, KR's price/sales ratio is 88.89% lower, now standing at 0.3.
• Over the past 243 months, KR's price/earnings ratio has gone up 2.8.
• Over the past 243 months, KR's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for KR.

KR Growth Metrics

• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -18.64%.
• Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 29.29%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 10.32%.

KR's revenue has moved up $9,261,000,000 over the prior 37 months.

The table below shows KR's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	133,440	4,533	1,161
2021-06-30	132,247	4,826	1,513
2021-03-31	132,498	6,815	2,585
2020-12-31	130,654	6,513	2,989
2020-09-30	128,905	6,792	2,621
2020-06-30	126,584	6,641	2,099

KR's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• KR has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 83.51% of graded US stocks.
• KR's asset turnover comes in at 2.746 -- ranking 14th of 164 Retail stocks.
• BIG, AMZN, and DG are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with KR.

The table below shows KR's key quality metrics over time.