Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) traded at $65.52 at close of the session on Friday, June 20 and made an upward move of 71.97% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $72.00 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.574 with the day’s price range being $67.5 – $72.23. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 19.59. In terms of its 52-week price range, KR has a high of $73.63 and a low of $49.04. The company’s stock has gained about 3.55% over that past 30 days.
Kroger Co has a market cap of $47.92 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jun-20. With its Forward Dividend at 1.33 and a yield of 1.84%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the KR stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Based on estimates by 29 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 7 have rated the Kroger Co (KR) stock as a Hold, while 22 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the KR stock currently stands at 2.57, and the current price level is 409000 off its SMA20 and 2.66 from its 50-day simple moving average. The beta value is 42.83%, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 124.35%. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $65.5, with the estimates having a low of $58 and a high of $73. These price ends are 11.48% and -11.42% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 0.03% if the KR share price touches on the median price of $65.5.
Coming back to Kroger Co (NYSE:KR), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 4.51, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 9.9 million. Current shares outstanding are 661.00 million.
The insiders hold 0.85% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 87.71%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-05-30, stood at 33.55 million at a short ratio of 4.75. This represents a 577.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-05-30. Shares short fall in May from the previous month at 35.33 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 40.98% up in year-to-date price movement.
