Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) is 5.22% 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 $65.40 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.06%.
Currently trading at $64.34, the stock is -1.00% and 1.34% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.54 million and changing -1.62% at the moment leaves the stock 11.57% off its SMA200. KR registered 12.84% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 16.16%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $63.4918 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $57.66875.
The stock witnessed a -0.83% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.54%, and is -2.50% down 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 1.59% over the week and 2.54% over the month.
Kroger Co (KR) has around 414000 employees, a market worth around $46.56B and $147.12B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.52 and Fwd P/E is 12.46. Profit margin for the company is 1.80%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.20% and -6.09% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.14%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.62% this year.
Kroger Co (KR) Top Institutional Holders
1717.0 institutions hold shares in Kroger Co (KR), with institutional investors hold 82.78% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 723.61M, and float is at 717.58M with Short Float at 5.31%. Institutions hold 76.46% of the Float.
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 Kimball Kenneth C, the company’s Senior Vice President. SEC filings show that Kimball Kenneth C sold 11,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 21 ’25 at a price of $65.37 per share for a total of $0.72 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.13 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 19 ’25, Arreaga Gabriel (Senior Vice President) disposed off 15,959 shares at an average price of $65.63 for $1.05 million. The insider now directly holds 89,085 shares of Kroger Co (KR).
