Kroger Co. (KR): Price and Financial Metrics

KR POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where KR ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 85.92% of US stocks.
• KR's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• KR's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 14.89% of US stocks).

KR Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for KR is 13.93 -- better than 97.51% of US stocks.
• KROGER CO's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.16% of US equities in our set.
• The volatility of KROGER CO's share price is greater than that of merely 1.6% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to KROGER CO, a group of peers worth examining would be CNC, COF, ALL, CBRE, and TSCO.
• 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

• KR's price/sales ratio is 0.2; this is 88.89% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
• Over the past 243 months, KR's price/earnings ratio has gone up 8.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for KR.

KR Growth Metrics

Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 6.02%.
• Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -46.78%.
• Its 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 356.39%.

KR's revenue has moved up $31,147,000,000 over the prior 70 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
2022-12-31	146,484	4,737	2,358
2022-09-30	144,146	5,494	2,443
2022-06-30	141,190	5,036	2,179
2022-03-31	137,888	6,190	1,655
2021-12-31	135,577	5,709	1,013
2021-09-30	133,440	4,533	1,161

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 85.15% of graded US stocks.
• KR's asset turnover comes in at 2.746 -- ranking 15th of 165 Retail stocks.
• BIG, FAST, 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.