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KR (The Kroger Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 24.52 (As of Jul. 02, 2025)


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What is The Kroger Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-02), The Kroger Co's current share price is $71.35. The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $2.91. The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 24.52.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

KR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 16.51   Med: 22.37   Max: 49.37
Current: 24.53

During the past years, The Kroger Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 49.37. The lowest was 16.51. And the median was 22.37.

KR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
71.76% of 131 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 16.63 vs KR: 24.53

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

The Kroger Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was $1.664. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.91 for the trailing ten years ended in Apr. 2025.

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The Kroger Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Kroger Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Kroger Co Annual Data
Trend Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.46 20.37 18.82 17.16 21.74

The Kroger Co Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 20.18 19.77 20.26 21.74 24.82

Competitive Comparison of The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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The Kroger Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=71.35/2.91
=24.52

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The Kroger Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, The Kroger Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Apr. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Apr. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Apr. 2025)
=1.664/135.3468*135.3468
=1.664

Current CPI (Apr. 2025) = 135.3468.

The Kroger Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201507 0.266 100.691 0.358
201510 0.181 100.346 0.244
201601 0.260 99.957 0.352
201604 1.024 100.947 1.373
201607 -0.003 101.524 -0.004
201610 -0.582 101.988 -0.772
201701 0.150 102.456 0.198
201704 1.613 103.167 2.116
201707 0.344 103.278 0.451
201710 -0.992 104.070 -1.290
201801 -0.353 104.578 -0.457
201804 1.903 105.708 2.437
201807 0.202 106.324 0.257
201810 -0.368 106.695 -0.467
201901 -0.346 106.200 -0.441
201904 1.698 107.818 2.132
201907 0.409 108.250 0.511
201910 -0.014 108.577 -0.017
202001 -0.185 108.841 -0.230
202004 4.501 108.173 5.632
202007 0.655 109.318 0.811
202010 -0.291 109.861 -0.359
202101 0.150 110.364 0.184
202104 1.889 112.673 2.269
202107 0.487 115.183 0.572
202110 1.302 116.696 1.510
202201 1.064 118.619 1.214
202204 0.487 121.978 0.540
202207 0.883 125.002 0.956
202210 0.110 125.734 0.118
202301 0.474 126.223 0.508
202304 2.530 127.992 2.675
202307 0.804 128.974 0.844
202310 -0.619 129.810 -0.645
202401 1.273 130.124 1.324
202404 1.428 132.289 1.461
202407 0.340 132.708 0.347
202410 -0.038 133.182 -0.039
202501 0.747 134.029 0.754
202504 1.664 135.347 1.664

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


The Kroger Co  (NYSE:KR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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The Kroger Co Business Description

Address
1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 45202
Kroger is one of the largest grocery retailers in the United States with more than 2,700 stores across a portfolio of over 20 supermarket banners. The company boasts an ingrained presence in US communities, citing that it is a top-two grocer in most of its major market areas. Over one fourth of Kroger's roughly $110 billion in nonperishable and fresh food sales (about 75% of revenue) stems from its private-label portfolio, of which the company manufactures about 30% of units via its own food production plants. The company also operates fuel stations and pharmacies at 60% and 80% of its locations, respectively.
Executives
Christine S Wheatley officer: Group Vice President 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Timothy A Massa officer: Group Vice President 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Yael Cosset officer: Group Vice President 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Gabriel Arreaga officer: Senior Vice President 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Todd A Foley officer: Vice President and Treasurer 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Valerie L. Jabbar officer: Senior Vice President THE KROGER CO., 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Carin L Fike officer: Vice President and Treasurer 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Kenneth C Kimball officer: Senior Vice President C/O THE KROGER CO., 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Mary Ellen Adcock officer: Group Vice President 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Stuart Aitken officer: Group Vice President C/O JOURNAL MEDIA GROUP, INC., 333 WEST STATE STREET, MILWAUKEE WI 53203
Gary Millerchip officer: Senior Vice President and CFO 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Calvin J Kaufman officer: Group Vice President THE KROGER CO., 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Mark C Tuffin officer: Senior Vice President THE KROGER CO., 1014 VINE STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Elaine L. Chao director C/O DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., ONE DOLE DRIVE, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91362
Michael Joseph Donnelly officer: Senior Vice President