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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR filings and third-party price providers. Scores, valuations, and metrics are algorithmic estimates. This is not investment advice. See our Terms and Methodology.
The Kroger Co. (the Company or Kroger ) was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1902. Our Company is built on the foundation of our retail grocery business, which includes the added convenience of our retail pharmacies and fuel centers.
$58.82
+$0.21 (+0.36%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 1.28%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue growth slowed to 0.4%, essentially flat. Margins also contracted 1.3pp. This is a business that needs a catalyst.
At 34x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. ROIC dropped from 9.90% to 5.36%, capital efficiency is deteriorating.
34.4x earnings, 12.8x FCF. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$148.65B
▲ +0.4% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$1.05B
▼ -61.9% YoY
Op. Margin
1.33%
▼ -1.3pp YoY
ROIC
5.68%
▼ -4.5pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$2.83B
▲ +94.5% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$6.94B
▲ +26.2% YoY
Net Debt
$19.70B
Cash & Equiv.
$2.87B
5Y CAGR: +2.2%
5Y CAGR: -2.6%
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At a P/E of 34.4 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 12.8, Kroger (KR) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $47.76 per share, so at $58.82 the stock looks overvalued (18.8% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Kroger scores 46/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a mixed business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $47.76 per share for KR, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $35.82. At today's $58.82, that puts the stock about 18.8% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Kroger scores 46 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a mixed business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 1.3% operating margin and a 5.7% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Yes, Kroger pays a regular dividend of about $1.45 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.5% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 84.6% of earnings, so the dividend is covered, with less cushion. Kroger has grown the dividend at roughly 10.7% a year over the past few years. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For KR's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. KR currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 46/100 on quality (mixed). It also yields about 2.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.