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Kroger Co.

  • KR
  • NYSE
  • Merchandising and Lodging
  • Latest 34.23
  • Currency US$
  • Change 0.04
  • Percent Change 0.117 %
  • Volume 2,103,796
  • Fri May 24, 2013 4:01 PM EDT NYSE data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
13 Analysts Reporting (May 23, 2013)
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Underperform
Sell
Change over time
Analyst rating breakdown
  Latest 4 weeks ago 2 months ago 3 months ago Last Year
Strong Buy 7 7 7 9 10
Buy 1 1 1 0 0
Hold 4 6 6 6 7
Underperform 1 1 1 1 1
Sell 0 0 0 1 1

As of Sat May 25, 2013 1:13 PM EDT
The consensus recommendation is the average buy, sell or hold rating for a company, based on a survey of brokerage equity analysts by Zacks Investment Research. We update the ratings daily.

Earnings & Estimates

Short Term
    Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q4/12 Q1/13 Q2/13 Q3/13 Q4/13 Q1/14 Q2/14  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   0.64 0.43 0.31 0.49 0.72 0.49 0.43 0.70 0.88 0.60  
Actual EPS   0.70 0.41 0.33 0.50 0.78 0.51 0.46 0.88 -- --  
Surprise (%)   9.4 -4.6 6.4 2.0 8.3 4.1 7.0 25.7 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   0.2 -- 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.8 12.3 16.9  
{#} Analysts   14 13 15 17 17 17 18 16 10 8  
Date of Earnings   Jun 16 Sep 09 Dec 01 Mar 01 Jun 14 Sep 07 Nov 29 Mar 07 Jun 20 Sep 06  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2014 2015  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   2.77 3.03  
Actual EPS   2.63 2.77  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   5.3 9.6  
{#} Analysts   12 11  
Date of Earnings   -- --  

Trends & Revisions

Earnings Per Share Trend
  Current 7-Days Ago 30-Days Ago 60-Days Ago 90-Days Ago
  Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Current Quarter (ends Apr 2013) 0.88 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.91
Next Quarter (ends Jul 2013) 0.60 0.60 0.59 0.59 0.58
Current Fiscal Year (ends Jan 2014) 2.77 2.77 2.79 2.76 2.62
Next Fiscal Year (ends Jan 2015) 3.03 3.03 3.06 3.00 2.86

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0