Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) is 8.83% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $49.04 and a high of $68.51 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The KR stock was last observed hovering at around $67.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.17%.
Currently trading at $66.55, the stock is 2.54% and 6.33% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.97 million and changing -1.73% at the moment leaves the stock 16.71% off its SMA200. KR registered 19.95% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 27.32%.
The stock witnessed a 2.38% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 9.62%, and is 5.33% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.02% over the week and 2.34% over the month.
Kroger Co (KR) has around 414000 employees, a market worth around $48.16B and $147.12B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.12 and Fwd P/E is 12.90. Profit margin for the company is 1.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 35.71% and -2.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.14%).
with sales reaching $45.31B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 6.61% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.70% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.09% in year-over-year returns.
Kroger Co (KR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 723.61M, and float is at 717.75M with Short Float at 5.55%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 81.23 million shares valued at $4.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2659% of the KR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 61.78 million shares valued at $3.08 billion to account for 8.5685 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC which holds 50.0 million shares representing 6.9348% and valued at over $2.5 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.2922 of the shares totaling 30.95 million with a market value of $1.55 billion.
Kroger Co (KR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Foley Todd A, the company’s Senior VP & Interim CFO. SEC filings show that Foley Todd A sold 28,105 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 07 ’25 at a price of $66.62 per share for a total of $1.87 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 52861.0 shares.
Kroger Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 10 ’25 that COSSET YAEL (Senior Vice President and CIO) sold a total of 115,149 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 10 ’25 and was made at $68.08 per share for $7.84 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.14 million shares of the KR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 19 ’24, Foley Todd A (Senior VP & Interim CFO) disposed off 16,932 shares at an average price of $61.44 for $1.04 million. The insider now directly holds 53,782 shares of Kroger Co (KR).
