Kroger (KR) Tops Q1 EPS by 16c, Raises Guidance

Guggenheim Reiterates Buy Rating on Kroger (KR)

Guggenheim analyst John Heinbockel reiterated a Buy rating and $57.00 price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR) following earnings.

The analyst commented, "The significant YTD gains reflect the business relative top and bottom-line strength in an increasingly challenging economic climate. Although consumables comps trail a number of... More

Evercore ISI on Kroger (KR): 'Risk remains for KR and grocer peers'

Evercore ISI analyst Salvator Tiano reiterated an In Line rating and $52.00 price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR).

The analyst comments "Risk remains for KR and grocer peers from competition vs. other retail sectors, normalization of food at home vs. food away from home... More

Citi on Kroger (KR): 'May Not Be Enough In This Environment'

Citi analyst Paul Lejeuz reiterated a Sell rating and $45.00 price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR).

The analyst comments "EPS of $1.45 beat cons of $1.29, while ID sales (+4.1%) were in line (but may have been slightly below market expectations for a beat). With... More

JPMorgan on Kroger (KR): 'Good but probably not good enough'

JPMorgan analyst Ken Goldman reiterated a Neutral rating and {REMOVEPT} price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR).

The analyst comments "Theres nothing wrong per se in this release. Pre-COVID, a quarter like this strong IDs, a big operating profit beat, a guidance raise likely... More

Telsey on Kroger (KR): 'We believe Kroger's strong 1Q22 sales performance reflects benefits from inflation'

Telsey analyst Joseph Feldman reiterated an Outperform rating and $64.00 price target on Kroger (NYSE: KR)

The analyst comments "Kroger reported better-than-expected 1Q22 earnings and raised its 2022 guidance. Adjusted 1Q22 EPS of $1.45 beat our estimate of $1.30 and the FactSet consensus (FS) of $1.29, driven by better-than-anticipated ID... More

Kroger (KR) Shares Fall Despite Beat and Raise Q1

Kroger (NYSE: KR) shares fell 4% in pre-open trading Thursday despite posting better than expected first-quarter results and raising 2022 guidance.

The grocery chain reported Q1 adjusted EPS of $1.45, which beat the consensus of $1.29.

Identical Sales without fuel increased 4.1% in the quarter. Fresh Department identical sales increased 5.2% while... More