Kroger Co (KR) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $65.45, with 5.83 million shares of worth about $381.88 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 23.05% during that period and on February 19, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.29%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 724.00M shares, out of which, 717.29M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.61% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 12.15%. Year-to-date (YTD), KR shares are showing a performance of 7.03% which increased to 39.64% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $46.96 but also hit the highest price of $66.18 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Kroger Co shares is 5.80 million. The stock is currently trading 3.82% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 6.30% for SMA50 and it goes to 16.19% higher than SMA200.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) currently have 724.00M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 82.21% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $47.36B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.51. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.32, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.78 in the same period. Its PEG reads 7.01 and has Quick Ratio of 1.07 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for KR, volatility over the week remained 1.52% while standing at 1.72% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -6.40% while it is estimated to increase by 7.77% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 2.47% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -4.67% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Goldman on February 04, 2025 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $70 to it. Coverage by Citigroup stated Kroger Co (KR) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on January 24, 2025, suggesting a price target of $61 for the stock. On December 03, 2024, Jefferies Upgrade their recommendations, while on December 03, 2024, BMO Capital Markets Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $60. Stock get an Outperform rating from Telsey Advisory Group on November 27, 2024.
