The Kroger Co.

KR stock score: 56/100

$64.13 · +1.83% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
62
Fundamental
49
News
61

The reading

The Kroger (KR) scores 56 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 58% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 59% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 62, fundamentals 49.

Among the fundamentals, Free Cash Flow Yield at 97 and PEG Ratio at 96 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Annual) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 68 and contrarian oscillators 34 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is positive at 61; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 45 to 56, and it is up 2 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward KR’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

49

Pulling it up

  • Free Cash Flow Yield97

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

  • PEG Ratio96

    PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.

  • Forward P/E96

    Forward P/E ratio uses estimated future earnings to calculate valuation.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)0

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)0

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Debt to Equity1

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

64

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • SMA 200 Cross Up100

    SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)13

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (28)18

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
62
Social Sentiment (1W)
59

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly551
Daily643
Weekly592
Monthly642
Quarterly662

Composite score, last 90 days

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Key facts

Market cap
$37.9B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Grocery Stores
Beta
0.35
Risk grade (1–10)
7
Next earnings
Dec 3, 2026

Grocery Stores peers

CompanyMarket capScore
ACI Albertsons Companies$6.5B46
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market$6.1B59

Questions

What is KR's stock score today?

KR scores 56/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 62, fundamental 49, and news sentiment 61, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is KR a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 56 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the KR score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.