After eight months as Kroger's CEO, Greg Foran outlined a framework to reach $4 billion in cost savings by 2029 to help fund $5 billion in price investments. Kroger's targets 3% comparable sales growth by 2029 and 7%-11% adjusted EPS CAGR through 2029 (up 130 basis points from prior guidance).
Faster-than-expected scaling of retail media and data monetization could lift EBIT above our forecast, funding incremental price investment without margin erosion.
Intense price competition from Walmart, Costco, and Aldi could force deeper price investments, compressing gross margin and limiting cost leverage over the life of our forecast.
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Metric
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KR
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COST
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WMT
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 12.83 | 48.09 | 41.63 |
Price/Book Value | 6.73 | 12.36 | 9.52 |
Price/Sales | 0.27 | 1.46 | 1.28 |
Price/Cash Flow | 5.22 | 32.87 | 21.57 |
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Metric
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KR
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COST
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WMT
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Quick Ratio | 0.27 | 0.57 | 0.20 |
Current Ratio | 0.70 | 1.06 | 0.77 |
Interest Coverage | 3.03 | 81.06 | 13.30 |
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Metric
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KR
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COST
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WMT
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 6.19% | 11.84% | 7.88% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 45.66% | 30.84% | 23.52% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 11.69% | 23.62% | 13.98% |
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