The Kroger Co. (KR) is a Grocery Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $66.63. It has a SharesGrow Score of 43/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of KR = $158.68 (+138.2% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is KR = $74 (+11.4% upside).
Valuation: KR trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 43.9 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 6.1.
Financials: revenue is $147.6B, -0.1%/yr average growth. Net income is $1.0B, growing at -14.1%/yr. Net profit margin is 0.7% (thin). Gross margin is 21% (-0.4 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $24.7B against $5.9B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 4.16, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.8 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 49.4%. Total assets: $49.9B.
Analyst outlook: 21 / 44 analysts rate KR as buy (48%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 35/100 (Fail), Growth 15/100 (Fail), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 17/100 (Fail), Moat 63/100 (Partial), Future 40/100 (Partial), Income 30/100 (Fail).
