Kroger Co [NYSE: KR] traded at a high on 2025-06-20, posting a 36154632 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $8320000.0.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 36154632 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Kroger Co stands at 4.74% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.35%.
The market cap for KR stock reached $47.92 billion, with 661.00 million shares outstanding and 660.37 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 8.32M shares, KR reached a trading volume of 36154632 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Kroger Co [KR]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for KR shares is $72.68 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on KR stock is a recommendation set at 2.20. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Melius have made an estimate for Kroger Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on May 20, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on April 01, 2025, representing the official price target for Kroger Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $70, while Goldman analysts kept a Buy rating on KR stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.34, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 8.89. Price to Free Cash Flow for KR in the course of the last twelve months was 26.67 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.53.
How has KR stock performed recently?
Kroger Co [KR] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 10.62. With this latest performance, KR shares gained by 3.55% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 16.04% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 17.69% in the past year of trading.
Kroger Co [KR]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Kroger Co [KR] shares currently have an operating margin of 3.05% and a Gross Margin at 20.76%. Kroger Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 1.75%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 4.91%, with Return on Assets sitting at 4.91%.
Earnings analysis for Kroger Co [KR]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for KR. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Kroger Co go to 7.61%.
Insider trade positions for Kroger Co [KR]
There are presently around $81.05%, or 88.42%% of KR stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of KR stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 81.23 million shares, which is approximately 11.2659%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 61.78 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.08 billion in KR stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$2.5 billion in KR stock with ownership which is approximately 6.9348%.
