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How The Kroger Co. stacks up
KR · against 49 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
30/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #45 of 50 · scores higher than 10% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score3 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 47 reported | 8.4% | 14.9% | 24% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 50 reported | 1.4% | 11.9% | 4% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 48 reported | 2.2% | 6.4% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 48 reported | 14.4% | 17.1% | 32% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 51 reported | 23.9% | 38.4% | 16% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 212.7B CNY (≈$29.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 503.8B HKD (≈$64.5B) | 98 | 73 | |
| 4 | 3.43T INR (≈$41.2B) | 97 | 62 | |
| 5 | 40.7B USD | 94 | 66 | |
| 41 | 21.9B USD | 47 | 40 | |
| 42 | 28.1B EUR (≈$30.9B) | 44 | 51 | |
| 43 | 38.2B USD | 33 | 31 | |
| 44 | 34.0B USD | 31 | 39 | |
| 45 | 39.5B USD | 30 | 26 | |
| 46 | 48.8B AUD (≈$32.2B) | 26 | 29 | |
| 47 | 20.0B USD | 25 | 39 | |
| 48 | 141.9B CNY (≈$19.9B) | 22 | 33 | |
| 49 | 248.3B CNY (≈$34.8B) | 21 | 29 |
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