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How The Kroger Co. stacks up
KR · against 49 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Growth
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #46 of 50 · scores higher than 6% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score4 peers with a growth score of 10–19, including KR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth and 3-year revenue growth, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 90% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -55.4% vs peer median 1.5%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 68% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: 0.3% vs peer median 3.7%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 1.6% vs peer median 2.8%
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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 50 reported | 1.6% | 3.6% | 31% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 44 reported | -55.4% | 8.9% | 5% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 50 reported | 0.3% | 3.5% | 35% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 94 | 73 | |
| 2 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 88 | 56 | |
| 2 | 47.3B USD | 88 | 47 | |
| 4 | 2.19T INR (≈$26.3B) | 87 | 59 | |
| 5 | 4.88T JPY (≈$33.2B) | 83 | 56 | |
| 43 | 22.1B GBP (≈$28.7B) | 27 | 46 | |
| 43 | 34.7B USD | 27 | 44 | |
| 45 | 29.9B EUR (≈$32.9B) | 24 | 49 | |
| 46 | 287.6B BRL (≈$51.8B) | 19 | 39 | |
| 46 | 39.5B USD | 19 | 26 | |
| 48 | 23.6B USD | 16 | 48 | |
| 49 | 52.3B USD | 15 | 25 | |
| 50 | 293.3B CNY (≈$41.1B) | 2 | 54 |
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