KROGER CO financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
KR on NYSE
Location
Cincinnati, OH
Fiscal year end
31 January
Latest financial report
31 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • KR - KROGER CO financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 14%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+7.1%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 25 Mar 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-03-25) highlights Return On Equity 14.4%, Return On Assets 5.8%, and Operating Margin 3.4%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

36.9/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Equity

14%

Metric score 37.7/100

Return On Assets

5.8%

Metric score 47.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.8x
Quick Ratio
0.3x
Debt to Equity
4.16x

Strengths

Current Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Operating Margin, and Quick Ratio

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 14% +7.1%
Return On Assets 5.8% -3.6%
Operating Margin 3.4% +3.3%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.8x -38%
Quick Ratio 0.3x
Debt-to-equity 4.16x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 0.91%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -1.5%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 612,575,611 -7.3%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $3,334,000,000 -16%
Assets, Current $14,505,000,000 -5%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $6,682,000,000 -2.3%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $808,000,000 -3.1%
Goodwill $2,595,000,000 -3%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,103,000,000 -15%
Assets $49,953,000,000 -5.1%
Accounts Payable, Current $10,488,000,000 +3.6%
Liabilities, Current $18,108,000,000 +14%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $1,094,000,000 -23%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $6,461,000,000 -1.8%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $2,169,000,000 -8.9%
Liabilities $44,017,000,000 -0.72%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $635,000,000 -2.3%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $28,850,000,000 +0.44%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $5,927,000,000 -28%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $5,936,000,000 -28%
Liabilities and Equity $49,953,000,000 -5.1%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 2,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 1,918,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $3,334,000,000 -16%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $72,000,000 +33%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $3,063,000,000 +0.56%
Operating Lease, Liability $7,126,000,000 -0.71%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $10,121,000,000 -0.05%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $665,000,000 +11%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $914,000,000 -0.76%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $962,000,000 -1.2%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.048 +4.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $2,995,000,000 +1.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $852,000,000 -1.6%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 5,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $87,000,000 -15%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $792,000,000 -0.88%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $2,991,000,000 -0.03%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 100 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY