$66.79-1.5% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Fair

Neither cheap nor expensive: nothing decisive, though at the top of its own P/E range.

1 to watch, 2 without data
What the price assumes~+3% a yearderived · Aug 15, 2026

Priced for ~3% a year FCF growth. Moderate growth expectations are priced in.

Vs its own P/E rangedearer than 93% of its own historyderived

Expensive vs its own history: P/E 37.1 vs a 13.4 median over 41 quarters (+177% vs median).

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What KR's price assumes

Kroger trades at 37.1× earnings against 21.7× for the median Consumer Defensive name, more expensive than its own group.

37.1

Trailing P/E · Consumer Defensive median 21.7 · 1.71× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
0.23

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q3

Free cash flow yield
6.0%

Free cash flow yield · Grocery Stores median 6.0%

Growth the price implies
+3.1%

Growth the price implies · The price pays for +3.1% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered −5.6% a year over the last three.

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Price / bookas of 2026-Q3
5.90
EV / EBIToperating margin 1.4%: the multiple describes the denominator
not meaningful
EV / salesas of 2026-Q3
0.32
Consumer Defensive median P/E140 names
21.7
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$2.38B
Market capitalisation590.6 million shares, counted Sep 15, 2026
$39.4B
3-year revenue growth
+0.29%
3-year free cash flow growth
−5.6%
KR has re-rated away from its own history, so multiplying the old multiple by today's earnings prices a full reversal, not the business
MethodPer share
What its own history would implynot meaningful, 37.1× today against a 13.4× median
52-week range$55.52 – $75.20
Today$66.79

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

What is it worth?

Today's price against what its own multiples, its cash flow and your growth assumption say it is worth.

Against its own past

Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.