Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$57.77
-1.21% today
1Y Change
-21.77%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Kroger Co. (KR) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $43.11B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $57.77 and down 21.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.4%, EPS growth of -57.8%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.4%, EPS -57.8%, free cash flow +88.5% with operating margin 3.2% and ROIC 11.8%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 42.2 and price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KR price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
KR
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KR Max Drawdown
-26.24%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for KR and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.01%
Trailing 12M Payout
$1.40
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Mar 1, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Nov 14, 2025 | Dec 1, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Sep 1, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.35 | Quarterly |
| May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 1, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Feb 14, 2025 | Mar 1, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | Dec 1, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Sep 1, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | Jun 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2023 | May 15, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | Mar 1, 2023 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| May 13, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | Jun 1, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 1, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | Dec 1, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Aug 14, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | Mar 1, 2020 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 | Dec 1, 2019 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | Sep 1, 2019 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2019 | May 15, 2019 | Jun 1, 2019 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 1, 2018 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 | Sep 1, 2018 | $0.14 | $0.14 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 | Mar 1, 2018 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| May 11, 2017 | May 15, 2017 | Jun 1, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Aug 15, 2016 | Sep 1, 2016 | $0.12 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
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