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The Kroger Co. (KR) stock score

Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores · United States

$61.64 ▲ +0.37% today

85.5
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

The Kroger Co. (KR) is a Grocery Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 85.5 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 85% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Consumer Defensive it ranks #24 of 232. Its strongest axes are valuation, growth and price action; its weakest are quality and conviction.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Strong
Quality
Below average
Growth
Above average
Price action
Above average
Risk
Strong
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Above average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)31.9×
P/E (forward)10.7×
Dividend yield2.42%
Return on capital5.8%
Operating margin3.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.3%
FCF yield7.3%
Net debt / EBITDA2.80×
Piotroski F-Score7 / 9
52-week change-6.8%
Market cap$34.9B
Next earningsDec 3, 2026

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Grocery Stores peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
WN.TOGeorge Weston Limited36.8weak$37.8B
MRU.TOMetro Inc.53.7middling$18.8B
SFMSprouts Farmers Market, Inc.79.5good$6.0B
ACIAlbertsons Companies, Inc.65.1middling$5.8B
NWC.TOThe North West Company Inc.93.8strong$2.6B
WMKWeis Markets, Inc.91.2strong$1.8B
IMKTAIngles Markets, Incorporated88.6strong$1.6B
GOGrocery Outlet Holding Corp.23.8weak$1.2B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.