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

KR POWR Grades

• KR scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 96.03% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for KR is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 160 days.
• KR's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 29.57% of US stocks).

KR Stock Summary

• Kroger Co's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 98.41% of US listed stocks.
• KR's went public 36.07 years ago, making it older than 92.74% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.26, Kroger Co has a higher such ratio than only 3.87% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Kroger Co are BBY, CLX, GWW, IT, 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

• 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 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 14.99%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 24.85%.
• Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 36.65%.

KR's revenue has moved up $17,527,000,000 over the prior 52 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
2021-12-31	135,577	5,709	1,013
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

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.