Consumer Defensive
Kerry Group plc(KRYAF)
Live Price
Offline$81.42
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-20.59%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
- Market Cap
- $11.54B
- Revenue Growth
- -2.5%
- EPS Growth
- -4.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.9%
Coverage: 250 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Kerry Group plc (KRYAF) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $11.54B and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $81.42 and down 20.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -2.5%, EPS growth of -4.5%, a dividend yield of 1.9%. What stands out right now is revenue -2.5%, EPS -4.5%, free cash flow -27.7% with operating margin 17.8% and ROIC 8.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.7 and price/sales 2.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KRYAF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-2.5% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+17.8% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
17.7 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
2026 was reported on Feb 17, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -0.6% and a revenue surprise of -2.1%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -2.5% and EPS is at -4.5%, with operating margin around 17.8%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Jul 29, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.4% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Feb 17, 2026 | -0.6% | +0.0% | -2.9% | -0.7% |
2025 Jul 30, 2025 | -57.5% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% |
2025 Feb 18, 2025 | -6.4% | +1.5% | +1.5% | +2.7% |
Benchmark Edge
KRYAF vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
KRYAF Max Drawdown
-28.22%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KRYAF and SPY.
Company Overview
Kerry Group plc
Other OTC
Kerry Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and delivers taste and nutrition solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Taste & Nutrition and Consumer Foods. The Taste & Nutrition segment provides taste, nutrition, and functional ingredients technologies and solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical markets. The Consumer Foods segment manufactures and supplies customer branded chilled food products primarily to the Irish and the United Kingdom markets. Kerry Group plc was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Tralee, Ireland.
- Leadership
- Edmond Scanlon
- IPO Date
- Jan 8, 2021
- Employees
- 21.5k
- Street Address
- Prince's Street
- Mailing
- Tralee, V92 EH11
- Region
- Tralee, IE
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 353 66 718 2000
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 17.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 15.0
- Price/Sales
- 2.3
- Price/Book
- 2.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -2.5%
- EPS
- -4.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -27.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 24.1%
- Operating Margin
- 17.8%
- Net Margin
- 13.1%
- ROE
- 11.1%
- ROIC
- 8.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.44
- Current Ratio
- 1.68
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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