Is the price fair?
What KR's price assumes
Kroger trades at 52.0× earnings against 20.0× for the median Consumer Defensive name, more expensive than its own group.
52.0
Trailing P/E · Consumer Defensive median 20.0 · 2.60× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Free cash flow yield
- 8.2%
Free cash flow yield · Grocery Stores median 8.2%
- Growth the price implies
- −0.98%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for −0.98% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +8.4% a year over the last three.
- Price / book
- 6.39
Price / book · as of 2026-Q2
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- Price / book2026-Q2
- 6.39
- EV / EBIToperating margin 1.1%: the multiple describes the denominator
- not meaningful
- Consumer Defensive median P/E116 names
- 20.0
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $2.87B
- Market capitalisation
- $34.9B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +2.4%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +8.4%
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Consumer Defensive
Ranks #103 of 110 by Smart Score