Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) is 46.02% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $49.04 and a high of $74.11 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 $74.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -65.61%.
Currently trading at $8.39M, the stock is 8.95% and 6.24% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.02 million and changing 13019946% at the moment leaves the stock 17.11% off its SMA200. KR registered 20.07% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 20.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $69.1068 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $62.6939.
The stock witnessed a 8.05% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.26%, and is 11.23% 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 4.77% over the week and 2.39% over the month.
Kroger Co (KR) has around 409000 employees, a market worth around $48.89B and $146.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.98 and Fwd P/E is 14.07. Profit margin for the company is 1.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.71% and -0.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.88%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.49% this year.
Kroger Co (KR) Top Institutional Holders
1775.0 institutions hold shares in Kroger Co (KR), with institutional investors hold 88.40% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 661.00M, and float is at 660.37M with Short Float at 5.08%. Institutions hold 81.03% 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 Massa Timothy A, the company’s Executive Vice President. SEC filings show that Massa Timothy A sold 8,415 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 23 ’25 at a price of $74.00 per share for a total of $0.62 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Kroger Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 23 ’25 that COSSET YAEL (Executive Vice President) sold a total of 71,224 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 23 ’25 and was made at $73.49 per share for $5.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.14 million shares of the KR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jun 23 ’25, FIKE CARIN L (Vice President and Treasurer) disposed off 16,475 shares at an average price of $73.79 for $1.22 million. The insider now directly holds 49,360 shares of Kroger Co (KR).
