Fundamental analysis · SEC EDGAR · TTM through 23/05/2026
KR · NYSE · Consumer
Fundamental quality
42
out of 100
Kroger Co earns a fundamental-quality score of 42 out of 100, profiling it as a company with demanding fundamentals. Its score rests mainly on its financial strength (net debt 2.38× EBITDA). Its weakest area is its growth (revenue +2.2%/yr). Whether it's cheap or expensive depends on the current price, which you can compute in the tool.
Kroger is America's largest pure grocery chain: thousands of supermarkets with strong private brands and a growing advertising-and-data business built on what millions of households buy. Thin margins, colossal volume.
EPS growth: -11.5% · Revenue growth: 2.2%
Net margin: 0.7% · ROE: 16.3% · ROIC: 8.7%
Net debt/EBITDA: 2.38x · FCF: 1.9%
Source: SEC EDGAR · TTM through 23/05/2026
The score includes +3 for dividend strength: 12 consecutive years of increases. Keeping that streak demands growing cash generation and balance-sheet discipline.
The score combines growth, profitability and financial strength. Here its financial strength weighs in its favor, while its growth drags it down the most.
Percentile against the other 98 Consumer companies in our coverage: how far it beats them on each metric (100 = best in sector).
Computed from the daily dataset scores. A high percentile places the company among the best in its sector on that metric; it is not a buy recommendation.
Key concepts
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| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 132,498 | 2,585 | 3,950 | 10,723 |
| 2022 | 137,888 | 1,655 | 3,576 | 9,924 |
| 2023 | 148,258 | 2,244 | 1,420 | 10,277 |
| 2024 | 150,039 | 2,164 | 2,884 | 8,304 |
| 2025 | 147,123 | 2,665 | 1,777 | 11,950 |
| 2026 | 147,642 | 1,016 | 3,456 | 12,541 |
Between 2021 and 2026, revenue went from $132,498M to $147,642M (+11%) and net income went from $2,585M to $1,016M (-61%).
Annual figures in millions of U.S. dollars ($M) per SEC filings. Net debt is total debt minus cash.
Latest results
Figures for the quarter ended May 23, 2026, versus the quarter ended May 24, 2025 (SEC filings):
Automatic comparison between the two most recent periods filed with the SEC. One quarter doesn't make a trend: read it alongside the historical evolution above.
$1.37
per share, yearly
87.1% of earnings
Payout
at least 12 straight years raising it
Growth
That is what we can verify in the SEC filings, whose structured data only starts in 2008 and which many companies begin tagging later. The real streak may be considerably longer.
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In terms of business quality, Kroger Co scores 42 out of 100 in our analysis, placing it as a company with demanding fundamentals. That said, this isn't a recommendation: whether it's a good investment also depends on its current price and your goals.
Is Kroger Co a profitable company?
Kroger Co is profitable, with a net margin of 0.7%, though a thin one.
Does Kroger Co have a lot of debt?
A moderate level: its net debt is 2.38 times its EBITDA.
Is Kroger Co growing?
Its revenue has grown 2.2% annualized in recent years.
Does Kroger Co generate cash?
Yes. It converts about 1.9% of its revenue into free cash flow, and has done so positively year after year.
The thresholds are general and the system doesn't judge qualitative factors. See the full methodology and use this analysis as a first filter, never as a final decision.
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Data: see Kroger Co's filings on EDGAR
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