Kroger (KR)

• Market cap: $47.7B
• 1 day: 1.16%
• 5 days: 0.60%
• 1 month: 6.68%
• 3 months: 18.30%
• 6 months: 29.55%
• Year to date: 16.58%
• 1 year: 30.39%
• 5 years: 128.44%
• 10 years: 109.55%
• 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

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

• Low target: $65 10% downside
• Avg. target: $71 1% downside
• High target: $74 2% upside

6 analyst ratings

• positive: 5 83%
• neutral: 1 17%
• negative: 0 0%

Guggenheim John Heinbockel 63% 1-year accuracy 12 / 19 met price target	1% upside $73	Buy Maintained	3 Apr 2025
Evercore ISI Group Michael Montani 91% 1-year accuracy 10 / 11 met price target	2% upside $74	Outperform Maintained	11 Mar 2025
Citigroup Paul Lejuez 43% 1-year accuracy 21 / 49 met price target	10% downside $65	Neutral Maintained	7 Mar 2025
JP Morgan Ken Goldman 50% 1-year accuracy 6 / 12 met price target	0% downside $72	Overweight Maintained	7 Mar 2025
Telsey Advisory Group Joseph Feldman 32% 1-year accuracy 47 / 147 met price target	1% upside $73	Outperform Maintained	6 Mar 2025