KR Kroger
Consumer Staples · Food Retail · close $63.63 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-08-15
Kroger (KR) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 35/100 (grade D), ranking #19 of 52 in Consumer Staples. Its strongest pillars are valuation (63) and analyst sentiment (50); its weakest is balance sheet (21). TTM revenue growth is 1.6% and operating margin 1.4%.
Data as of .
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 65 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 56 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 27| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 1.6% | 28 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | -53.0% | 14 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -0.2% | 50 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 29| Operating margin (9.9%) | 1.4% | 12 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (8.6%) | -0.0% | 49 |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 21| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 2.53× | 25 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.70 | 10 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 3.29× | 27 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 50| FCF margin (6.2%) | 2.3% | 16 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 9.2% | 83 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 63| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 34.39× | 29 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 0.34× | 96 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 62.9 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 61.83 / 60.65 |
| 200-day SMA | 63.44 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.80× |
| 20-day return | 4.7% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServiceExcludingDepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestPaidNet · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is KR's House Rating?
- KR scores 35 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #19 of 52 Consumer Staples stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about KR?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for KR scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does KR report earnings next?
- KR's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-12-03 (window 2026-11-30 to 2026-12-06), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is KR a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology