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Company Dossier · Consumer Staples

Kroger

KRNYSEFood RetailCOLUMBUS, US-OH, USLarge capWebsite ↗
  • S&P 500
  • Russell 1000

What Kroger is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

Open the full company record in Palanor: guidance, KPIs, ownership, calls, prices →

The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to January 31, 2026: $2.70 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to January 31, 2026: $0.04 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (September 11, 2026): sentiment 0.30 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 1 lowered, 5 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed March 31, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $6.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 1,321 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−66 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 21 (28 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Risk events (12 months): 16 — latest OSHA inspection, Sep 15, 2026 →

Company Posture

How Company Posture is measured →

What Kroger is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.

Expanding ↔ Retrenching

Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).

Confident ↔ Hedging

Hedging

HedgingConfident

Pressure

Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).

Credit

How these are built →

Kroger's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.

Debt on the balance sheet

$15.4B

  • Due within a year $1.5B
  • Longer term $13.9B
  • Default point $8.4B (short + ½ long)

Finance leases included · Aug 15, 2026 filing

Bonds priced, last 12 months

$1.5B

U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.

PricedAmountCouponMaturesSpreadYield
Sep 28, 2026$650M5.800%2032 (5y)+75bp5.809%
Sep 28, 2026$850M6.200%2036 (10y)+100bp6.232%
Aug 20, 2024$1.4B4.650%2029 (5y)+97bp4.673%
Aug 20, 2024$1.3B4.900%2031 (7y)+117bp4.906%
Aug 20, 2024$1B4.700%2026 (2y)+70bp4.703%
Aug 20, 2024$2.1B5.500%2054 (30y)+147bp5.528%
Aug 20, 2024$1.5B5.650%2064 (40y)+162bp5.678%
Aug 20, 2024$2.2B5.000%2034 (10y)+122bp5.032%
Aug 20, 2024$1B4.600%2027 (3y)+80bp4.608%

From the pricing term sheets Kroger filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Capital returned and raised

Business

Kroger: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$2.7BData to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Kroger: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Kroger: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Jan 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Kroger: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Kroger: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

10.5Data to Aug 2024
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Kroger: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

−1.0Data 23 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Kroger: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.30Data 42 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Kroger: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data 42 days ago
ImageDataPalanor calculation

Hiring and ownership

Business

Kroger: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

21.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Kroger: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$6.2MData 23 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Kroger: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

1,321Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

In the news

Headlines that name Kroger, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.

30 days
4 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative
90 days
4 headlines
0% positive · 0% negative

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE KROGER CO.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE WAYFINDER GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  3. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Sep 15, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODSUS 12736511
  6. Sep 15, 2026Risk event
    OSHA planned inspection: KROGER CO. (THE)OSHA
  7. Sep 2, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  8. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE WAYFINDER GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  9. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  10. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (THE KROGER CO.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
  11. Jul 17, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  12. Jul 6, 2026Risk event
    OSHA monitoring inspection: THE KROGER CO.OSHA
  13. Jun 26, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  14. Jun 26, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  15. Jun 22, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: THE KROGER COMPANYOSHA
  16. Jun 8, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: KROGER CO.OSHA
  17. May 27, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  18. May 13, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: THE KROGER CO.OSHA
  19. May 1, 2026Risk event
    OSHA fatality/catastrophe inspection: THE KROGER COMPANYOSHA
  20. Apr 29, 2026Risk event
    EPA judicial case: KROGER CO$2.5 million
  21. Apr 9, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: KROGER, INC.OSHA
  22. Mar 31, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)
  23. Feb 19, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: THE KROGER COOSHA
  24. Feb 9, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  25. Feb 3, 2026Risk event
    OSHA complaint inspection: KROGER CO (THE)OSHA
  26. Jan 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODSUS 12523642
  27. Dec 5, 20258-K
    Material impairmentItem 2.06
  28. Nov 18, 20258-K
    Material impairmentItem 2.06
  29. Jun 27, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  30. May 13, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODSUS 12298289
  31. Apr 1, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)
  32. Mar 20, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  33. Mar 3, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  34. Feb 13, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  35. Jan 28, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODSUS 12210006
  36. Jan 14, 2025Patent
    Patent granted: FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODSUS 12196733
  37. Dec 13, 20248-K
    Debt acceleration or default triggerItem 2.04
  38. Dec 11, 20248-K
    Material agreement terminatedItem 1.02
  39. Nov 22, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  40. Apr 2, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Albertsons ACI———
Maplebear Inc. CART$4.0B$1.2BJun 30, 2026
Casey's CASY$18.7B$0.7BJul 31, 2026
Sprouts Farmers Market SFM$9.0B$0.4BJun 28, 2026
Archer Daniels Midland ADM$25.0B$1.7BJun 30, 2026
Brown–Forman BF.B$3.9B$0.9BJul 31, 2026
Bunge Global BG$17.9B−$1.2BMar 31, 2026
BJ's Wholesale Club BJ$22.8B$0.4BAug 1, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
56873
LEI
6CPEOKI6OYJ13Q6O7870
Wikidata
Q153417
SAM UEI
Q8NMWFC42S98

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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