Kroger Company
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17.8 | 22.0 | 68.0 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 16.3 | 9.9 | 48.9 | – | 14.0 | 16.6 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 198.7 | 12.2 | 23.5 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 10.4 | 19.9 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 16.6 | 40.6 | |
| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| – | – | 8.8 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 7.0 | |
| – | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| – | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 9.5 | |
| – | 59.8 | 87.5 | – | 31.6 | 81.7 | 9.2 | 64.9 | 18.1 | 15.2 | 27.7 | 39.1 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 9.4 | 18.6 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 56.8 | 45.5 | 19.3 | 14.1 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 26.3 | 11.6 | 25.0 | 12.3 | |
| -3.8% | 1.7% | 1.1% | -1.0% | 3.2% | 1.2% | 10.8% | 1.5% | 5.5% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 10.6% | 5.4% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 7.1% | 14.7% | 10.9% | 3.8% | 8.6% | 4.0% | 8.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.4% | 24.9% | 25.6% | 26.5% | 26.9% | 27.3% | 27.0% | 26.3% | 25.3% | 24.8% | 24.2% | 23.6% | 23.1% | 23.2% | 22.2% | 20.9% | 20.6% | 20.6% | 21.2% | 22.2% | 22.4% | 22.3% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 23.3% | 22.0% | 21.4% | 22.2% | 22.7% | 23.3% | |
| 3.4% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.3% | |
| 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 0.5% | -0.2% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |
| -0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | -0.3% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 2.3% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | 12.9% | 22.9% | 28.4% | 29.8% | 31.3% | 7.2% | -2.9% | 21.8% | 22.6% | 24.6% | 24.0% | 1.4% | 21.1% | 15.1% | 35.6% | 28.2% | 31.9% | 29.9% | 29.5% | 27.5% | 39.4% | 19.3% | 27.0% | 17.5% | 22.3% | 18.6% | 32.2% | 17.1% | |
| 6.0% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 5.5% | 6.0% | 1.4% | -0.5% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 0.3% | 4.7% | 2.6% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 3.7% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5.1% | 2.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | -42 | 12 | 9,244 | 8,385 | 8,687 | 8,403 | 8,205 | 7,827 | 7,022 | 6,903 | 7,879 | 7,800 | 7,632 | 7,067 | 7,977 | 8,641 | 10,909 | 11,377 | 11,801 | 13,755 | 15,242 | 14,800 | 13,493 | 12,393 | 12,193 | 13,528 | 9,147 | 14,545 | 13,619 | |
| – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | |
| -20.3% | -12.5% | 11.5% | 14.9% | 17.0% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 17.3% | 21.4% | 23.2% | 22.0% | 22.4% | 21.0% | 22.5% | 17.0% | 17.1% | 18.4% | 17.7% | 20.1% | 18.3% | 18.6% | 20.7% | 19.0% | 19.7% | 19.3% | 20.2% | 23.0% | 15.7% | 11.9% | |
| – | – | 0.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.19 | -0.07 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 0.51 | 1.39 | 1.46 | 1.74 | 2.08 | 2.06 | 2.11 | 3.80 | 2.06 | 3.31 | 2.19 | 3.09 | 2.98 | 3.70 | 1.55 | |
| 24.11 | 32.41 | 40.71 | 26.43 | 28.96 | 30.36 | 32.72 | 35.67 | 38.34 | 41.42 | 45.72 | 50.46 | 57.86 | 58.92 | 64.27 | 76.09 | 90.03 | 94.59 | 109.12 | 112.07 | 120.39 | 136.37 | 148.96 | 151.91 | 169.65 | 182.88 | 203.93 | 206.95 | 204.34 | 225.41 | |
| -1.13 | -0.75 | 1.81 | 1.56 | 1.83 | 2.12 | 2.43 | 2.64 | 2.40 | 3.00 | 3.40 | 3.53 | 3.96 | 3.73 | 4.15 | 3.36 | 3.92 | 5.18 | 5.44 | 6.96 | 6.99 | 7.67 | 9.64 | 10.69 | 12.26 | 12.54 | 13.81 | 16.02 | 11.51 | 9.05 | |
| -0.22 | 0.16 | 0.18 | -0.08 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 0.82 | 0.14 | 0.47 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.48 | 1.13 | 0.64 | 0.83 | 1.01 | 1.39 | 1.60 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 1.46 | 1.91 | 5.06 | 4.74 | 1.70 | 3.98 | 2.47 | 5.11 | |
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.