Kroger (KR)

• Market cap: $44.1B
• 1 day: 0.66%
• 5 days: -6.86%
• 1 month: -2.00%
• 3 months: 2.33%
• 6 months: 15.10%
• Year to date: 7.81%
• 1 year: 22.80%
• 5 years: 105.41%
• 10 years: 82.71%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Grocery Stores

About: Kroger is one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States with more than 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 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

147% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 200 | Existing positions closed: 81

77% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.81B | Put options by funds: $1.03B

56% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 14 (+5) [Q4]

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $32.6B [Q3] → $35.7B (+$3.09B) [Q4]

8% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,184 [Q3] → 1,275 (+91) [Q4]

1.92% more ownership

Funds ownership: 78.78% [Q3] → 80.7% (+1.92%) [Q4]

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 467 | Existing positions reduced: 426

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $65 3% downside
• Avg. target: $73 10% upside
• High target: $82 23% upside

5 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 80%
• neutral: 1 20%
• negative: 0 0%

JP Morgan Ken Goldman 43% 1-year accuracy 6 / 14 met price target	23% upside $82	Overweight Maintained	1 May 2025
Guggenheim John Heinbockel 67% 1-year accuracy 16 / 24 met price target	9% upside $73	Buy Maintained	3 Apr 2025
Evercore ISI Group Michael Montani 91% 1-year accuracy 10 / 11 met price target	11% upside $74	Outperform Maintained	11 Mar 2025
Citigroup Paul Lejuez 50% 1-year accuracy 25 / 50 met price target	3% downside $65	Neutral Maintained	7 Mar 2025
Telsey Advisory Group Joseph Feldman 47% 1-year accuracy 67 / 144 met price target	9% upside $73	Outperform Maintained	6 Mar 2025