US Equities Analysis

KR — Kroger

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 3.44%
Profit Margins 0.69%
Return on Equity 14.41%
Return on Assets 5.76%
Free Float 0.79B
Dividend Yield 2.49%
Short Int % Utilisation 5.11%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 1.2%
Free Cash Flow 3.4B
EBITDA 8.99 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 72.77B
EV/Revenue 0.49
EV/EBITDA 8.99

Revenue growth of 1.2% suggests mature or challenged top-line momentum.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* -14.18%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 28.10%
1-Year Price Return* -17.38%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $56.69
52-Week Range $54.15 – $76.58
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 Valuation & Cash Flow

Data status: the verified data fields are incomplete or the WACC requires assumption review. The post does not publish a mechanical UFCF/WACC conclusion for this issuer.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $56.07
Market capitalisation $34.35B
Reported free cash flow $3.46B
FCF yield 10.06%
Net debt / EBITDA 3.49x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — model suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-17 23:43:37.157061 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2026-01-31 00:00:00. A screen result is an evidence flag, not a buy or sell instruction.

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