---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-123457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T11:15:51.081950+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger Q3 adjusted EPS $0.88 beats; raises full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $4.05-$4.15

## Summary
- EPS of $0.55 GAAP, adjusted EPS $0.88 (up from $0.78 YoY); identical sales ex-fuel +6.9%.
- Total sales $34.2B, up 7.2% from $31.9B; operating profit $841M, adjusted FIFO operating profit $1,094M.
- Raises FY2022 guidance: identical sales ex-fuel 5.1%-5.3%; adjusted EPS $4.05-$4.15.
- Digital sales grew 10%; Our Brands sales +10.4%; delivery sales +34%.
- Net total debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio 1.61, well below target of 2.30-2.50.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-123457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465922123457/0001104659-22-123457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465922123457/tm2231551d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-123457.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KROGER CO reported third quarter 2022 results: revenue $34.2 billion, EPS $0.55. Guidance raised.
  - Period: third quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $34.2 billion
  - EPS: $0.55
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 7) $ 1,094 $ 974 FIFO Gross Margin Rate* Decreased 5 basis points OG&A Rate* Decreased 3 basis points *without fuel and adjustment items, if applicable Total company sales were $34.2 billion in the third quarter, compared to $31.9 billion for the same period last year. Excluding fuel, sales increased 6.4% compared to the same period last year. Gross margin was 21.4%
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465922123457/0001104659-22-123457-index.htm

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