How The Kroger Co. stacks up

KR · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

30/ 100

Below the middle of the pack.

Ranked #101 of 152 · scores higher than 34% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

11 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including KR · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 30?

Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.

Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.

a thinner operating margin: weaker than 84% of peers. Operating margin: 1.4% vs peer median 7.6%
a lower return on assets: weaker than 69% of peers. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 4.0%
Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.4% vs peer median 7.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = KR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	KR	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported	8.4%	8.4%	50%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported	1.4%	5.9%	28%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported	2.2%	4.3%	36%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported	14.4%	10.2%	62%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported	23.9%	35.5%	25%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around KR

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Altria Group, Inc.MO · US-listed	128.5B USD	99	46
1	Philip Morris International Inc.PM · US-listed	324.2B USD	99	54
1	Phoenix Education Partners, Inc.PXED · US-listed	843M USD	99	88
4	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO · US-listed	3.5B USD	98	73
5	National Beverage Corp.FIZZ · US-listed	3.4B USD	97	54
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95	Hormel Foods CorporationHRL · US-listed	11.7B USD	33	38
98	Primo Brands CorporationPRMB · US-listed	7.5B USD	32	43
99	Archer-Daniels-Midland CompanyADM · US-listed	34.0B USD	31	39
99	JBS N.V.JBS · US-listed	13.1B USD	31	45
101	The Kroger Co.KR · US-listed	39.5B USD	30	26
102	Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.SPB · US-listed	2.0B USD	29	46
103	Performance Food Group CompanyPFGC · US-listed	15.2B USD	27	36
104	Dingdong (Cayman) LimitedDDL · US-listed	409M USD	25	37
104	Dole plcDOLE · US-listed	1.2B USD	25	38

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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