Kroger (KR)

• Market cap: $47.1B
• 1 day: 1.04%
• 5 days: -0.37%
• 1 month: 10.20%
• 3 months: 11.06%
• 6 months: 23.43%
• Year to date: 5.04%
• 1 year: 36.08%
• 5 years: 114.65%
• 10 years: 77.91%
• 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 firm also operates fuel stations and pharmacies at 60% and 80% of its locations, respectively.

Employees: 414,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

124% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 184 | Existing positions closed: 82

77% more call options, than puts

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

44% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 9 [Q3] → 13 (+4) [Q4]

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 454 | Existing positions reduced: 411

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $33B [Q3] → $35.5B (+$2.54B) [Q4]

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,183 [Q3] → 1,228 (+45) [Q4]

0.66% more ownership

Funds ownership: 79.74% [Q3] → 80.4% (+0.66%) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $56 14% downside
• Avg. target: $69 5% upside
• High target: $75 15% upside

13 analyst ratings

• positive: 8 62%
• neutral: 5 38%
• negative: 0 0%

Telsey Advisory Group Joseph Feldman 56% 1-year accuracy 96 / 170 met price target	12% upside $73	Outperform Maintained	13 Feb 2025
Guggenheim John Heinbockel 64% 1-year accuracy 9 / 14 met price target	9% upside $71	Buy Maintained	7 Feb 2025
Evercore ISI Group Michael Montani 88% 1-year accuracy 15 / 17 met price target	15% upside $75	Outperform Maintained	6 Feb 2025
Goldman Sachs Leah Jordan 70% 1-year accuracy 7 / 10 met price target	8% upside $70	Buy Reinstated	4 Feb 2025
Citigroup Paul Lejuez 61% 1-year accuracy 23 / 38 met price target	6% downside $61	Neutral Reinstated	24 Jan 2025