Kroger Co (KR) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $64.62, with 6.79 million shares of worth about $438.99 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 9.10% during that period and on June 11, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.24%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 665.85M shares, out of which, 660.20M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.59% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -6.40%. Year-to-date (YTD), KR shares are showing a performance of 5.67% which increased to 24.32% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $49.04 but also hit the highest price of $73.63 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Kroger Co shares is 7.70 million. The stock is currently trading -4.05% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.29% for SMA50 and it goes to 4.10% higher than SMA200.
Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) currently have 665.85M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 87.73% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $43.03B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.57. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.57, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.68 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.27 and has Quick Ratio of 0.52 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.03. 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 0.59% while standing at 1.16% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 6.22% while it is estimated to increase by 8.72% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 7.74% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 12.51% 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 Melius on May 20, 2025 offering a Hold rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $70 to it. Coverage by Melius stated Kroger Co (KR) stock as a Sell in their note to investors on April 01, 2025, suggesting a price target of $58 for the stock. On February 04, 2025, Goldman Resumed their recommendations, while on January 24, 2025, Citigroup Resumed their ratings for the stock with a price target of $61. Stock get a Buy rating from Jefferies on December 03, 2024.
