Kroger (KR)

• Market cap: $44.3B
• 1 day: 0.31%
• 5 days: -2.96%
• 1 month: -3.99%
• 3 months: 1.53%
• 6 months: 0.86%
• Year to date: 8.1%
• 1 year: 21.66%
• 5 years: 105.97%
• 10 years: 78.56%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Grocery Stores

About: Kroger is one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States with about 2,700 stores across a portfolio of over 20 supermarket banners. The company boasts an ingrained presence in US communities, citing that it is a top-two grocer in most of its major market areas. Over one fourth of Kroger's roughly $110 billion in nonperishable and fresh food sales (about 75% of revenue) stems from its private-label portfolio, of which the company manufactures about 30% of units via its own food production plants. The company also operates fuel stations and pharmacies at 60% and 80% of its locations, respectively.

Employees: 409,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

184% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.74B | Put options by funds: $964M

57% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 159 | Existing positions closed: 101

6.15% more ownership

Funds ownership: 78.2% [Q1] → 84.36% (+6.15%) [Q2]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,340 [Q1] → 1,369 (+29) [Q2]

4% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $38.3B [Q1] → $40B (+$1.67B) [Q2]

2% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 501 | Existing positions reduced: 512

20% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 20 [Q1] → 16 (-4) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $67
• Avg. target: $76
• High target: $82

9 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 44%
• neutral: 5 56%
• negative: 0 0%

Roth MKM Bill Kirk	$75	Buy Upgraded	17 Sep 2025
Guggenheim John Heinbockel	$78	Buy Reiterated	12 Sep 2025
Telsey Advisory Group Joseph Feldman	$82	Outperform Maintained	11 Sep 2025
JP Morgan Thomas Palmer	$75	Neutral Downgraded	20 Aug 2025
Evercore ISI Group Michael Montani	$82	Outperform Maintained	12 Aug 2025