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KR NYSE

The Kroger Co.
1W: +4.6% 1M: +10.3% 3M: +10.0% YTD: +5.1% 1Y: -1.3% 3Y: +56.9% 5Y: +84.7%
$65.87
-0.90 (-1.35%)
Pre-Market: $66.00 (+0.13, +0.20%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.1%
$60 $63 $67 $70 $74
NYSE · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores · Tech Score Buy · Power 73 · $38.9B mcap · 589M float · 1.30% daily turnover · Short 57% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 64% of companies Debt: 38.3% of company value Bonds: $272.9M held by 345 funds, 93 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $1.86 (down 97%), The Kroger Co. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $24.16B against a stock market value of $38.90B.
Distance to default 6.77 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-15, debt counted $9.42B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 29.9%; Altman Z'' 1.66. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$7.2B +24.4% ▲
5Y CAGR: +1.1%
Capital Expenditures
$3.9B +4.0% ▲
5Y CAGR: +6.1%
Free Cash Flow
$3.4B +88.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: -3.2%
Dividends Paid
$885M -0.2% ▼
Buybacks
$2.7B +47.7% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$625M -130.1% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$1.7B$2.2B$2.1B$2.7B$1.0B
Depreciation & Amort.$3.4B$3.6B$3.8B$3.8B$3.9B
Stock-Based Comp.$203M$190M$172M$175M$0
Change in Working Capital-$229M-$3.4B$808M-$1.0B-$436M
Other Non-Cash Items$1.2B$1.5B$67M$212M$3.0B
Operating Cash Flow$6.2B$4.3B$6.8B$5.8B$7.2B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$2.6B-$3.1B-$3.9B-$4.0B-$3.9B
Acquisitions (Net)$153M$78M$0$0$128M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$464M$0
Other Investing-$150M-$15M$154M$325M-$187M
Investing Cash Flow-$2.6B-$3.0B-$3.8B-$3.2B-$3.9B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$1.4B-$552M-$1.3B$5.6B-$497M
Stock Repurchased-$1.6B-$993M-$62M-$5.2B-$2.7B
Dividends Paid-$589M-$682M-$796M-$883M-$885M
Other Financing$5M-$196M-$76M-$197M-$85M
Financing Cash Flow-$3.4B-$2.3B-$2.2B-$490M-$4.0B
Net Change in Cash$134M-$993M$868M$2.1B-$625M
Cash End of Period$1.8B$828M$1.9B$4.0B$3.3B
Free Cash Flow$3.6B$1.2B$2.9B$1.8B$3.4B

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