Analyzing KR Stock – A Market Inference Overview

By Emilio Sanchez • Wednesday, May 06 16:06 • Permanent Link

Kroger logged a -1.4% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $66.0 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. KR's trading volume is 3,482,820 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,233,975.

Kroger trades -12.64% away from its average analyst target price of $75.55 per share. The 22 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $61.0 to $86.0, and on average have given Kroger a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying KR should be aware of the facts below:

Kroger has moved -7.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 28.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.54, Kroger has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 42.9 while the S&P 500 average is None
KR has a forward P/E ratio of 11.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $5.62 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.59 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Kroger is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 7.13 compared to its sector average of None
The Kroger Co. operates as a food and drug retailer in the United States.
Based in Cincinnati, the company has 403,000 full time employees and a market cap of $41.77 Billion. Kroger currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.0%.

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