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Kroger Co. +

Kroger Co.

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Company

Ticker

KR

ACI

Headquarter

Cincinnati ,OH

US

Boise ,ID

US

CEO

Gregory S. Foran

Susan D. Morris

Industry

Grocery Stores

Grocery Stores

Stock Price

Stock Price

Market Cap

Market Cap

$38.82 B

$7.98 B

Employees

Years

2024
2025
2026

2024
2025
2026

Employees

414.00 K
409.00 K
0

285.00 K
285.00 K
280.00 K

Y/Y

3.72%

1.21%

100%

1.72%

0%

1.75%

Income Statement

Revenue

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Revenue

$150.04 B
$147.12 B
$147.64 B

$79.24 B
$80.39 B
$83.17 B

Y/Y

1.2%

1.94%

0.35%

2.05%

1.46%

3.46%

Revenue by Products / Services

Years

2025

2025

Revenue by Geography

Years

Research and Development

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Research and Development

-
-
-

-
-
-

Y/Y

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Operating Income

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Operating Income

$3.10 B
$3.85 B
$1.89 B

$2.07 B
$1.55 B
$715.40 M

Y/Y

24.96%

24.32%

50.9%

10.32%

25.27%

53.73%

Tax Rate (%)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Tax Rate (%)

23.52%
20.05%
14.67%

18.44%
15.15%
18.82%

Y/Y

4.52%

14.76%

26.84%

15.43%

17.86%

24.26%

Net Income

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Net Income

$2.16 B
$2.67 B
$1.02 B

$1.30 B
$958.60 M
$217.40 M

Y/Y

3.57%

23.15%

61.88%

14.37%

26.03%

77.32%

Revenue Per Employee

Years

2023
2024
2025

2024
2025
2026

Revenue Per Employee

$344.79 K
$362.41 K
$359.71 K

$278.03 K
$282.07 K
$297.04 K

Y/Y

5.02%

5.11%

0.74%

3.84%

1.46%

5.31%

Net Income Per Employee

Years

2023
2024
2025

2024
2025
2026

Net Income Per Employee

$5.22 K
$5.23 K
$6.52 K

$4.55 K
$3.36 K
$776.43

Y/Y

32.44%

0.16%

24.66%

12.87%

26.03%

76.92%

Assets & Liabilities | Cash Flow

Total Assets

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Total Assets

$50.51 B
$52.62 B
$49.94 B

$28.79 B
$29.31 B
$26.77 B

Y/Y

1.95%

4.18%

5.08%

0.14%

1.78%

8.67%

Total Liabilities

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Total Liabilities

$38.90 B
$44.34 B
$44.01 B

$26.05 B
$25.92 B
$24.93 B

Y/Y

1.57%

13.96%

0.74%

4.04%

0.48%

3.83%

Capital Expenditures (Capex)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Capital Expenditures (Capex)

-$3.90 B
-$4.02 B
-$3.86 B

-$2.03 B
-$1.93 B
-$1.84 B

Y/Y

26.84%

2.89%

4.03%

5.69%

4.93%

4.75%

Profitability

Operating Income Margin (%)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Operating Income Margin (%)

2.06%
2.62%
1.28%

2.61%
1.92%
0.86%

Y/Y

25.85%

26.79%

51.07%

12.12%

26.34%

55.28%

Net Income Margin (%)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Net Income Margin (%)

1.44%
1.81%
0.69%

1.64%
1.19%
0.26%

Y/Y

4.71%

25.59%

62.01%

16.09%

27.09%

78.08%

EBITDA

2022	7016000000.00
2023	7027000000.00
2024	7641000000.00
2025	5810000000.00

2022	4851600000.00
2023	4525600000.00
2024	4082400000.00
2025	3356300000.00

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

EBITDA

$7.03 B
$7.64 B
$5.81 B

$4.53 B
$4.08 B
$3.36 B

Y/Y

0.16%

8.74%

23.96%

6.72%

9.79%

17.79%

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

2022	1233000000.00
2023	2884000000.00
2024	1777000000.00
2025	3350000000.00

2022	700000000.00
2023	628200000.00
2024	749400000.00
2025	527299999.00

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

$2.88 B
$1.78 B
$3.35 B

$628.20 M
$749.40 M
$527.30 M

Y/Y

133.9%

38.38%

88.52%

10.26%

19.29%

29.64%

Ratios

Return on Equity (ROE)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Return on Equity (ROE)

18.63%
32.17%
17.12%

47.17%
28.31%
11.84%

Y/Y

16.63%

72.65%

46.79%

49.8%

39.98%

58.18%

Return on Assets (ROA)

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Return on Assets (ROA)

4.28%
5.06%
2.03%

4.50%
3.27%
0.81%

Y/Y

5.41%

18.21%

59.83%

14.49%

27.33%

75.17%

Debt to Equity

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Debt to Equity

165.71%
302.74%
416.40%

518.27%
418.88%
833.07%

Y/Y

18.48%

82.69%

37.54%

44.37%

19.18%

98.88%

Valuation

Enterprise Value

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Enterprise value

$50.49 B
$65.20 B
$62.32 B

$25.85 B
$25.81 B
$24.86 B

Y/Y

1.84%

29.12%

4.4%

3.11%

0.16%

3.68%

Enterprise value to Revenue

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Enterprise value to Revenue

0.34
0.44
0.42

0.33
0.32
0.30

Y/Y

3.01%

31.68%

4.74%

1.04%

1.59%

6.9%

Enterprise value to EBITDA

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Enterprise value to EBITDA

7.19
8.53
10.73

5.71
6.32
7.41

Y/Y

2%

18.74%

25.72%

10.53%

10.68%

17.16%