---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-031709"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T02:03:37.902023+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger reports Q4 adjusted EPS $1.34, FY2023 adjusted EPS $4.76; guides FY2024 EPS $4.30-$4.50

## Summary
- Q4 total sales $37.1B (incl $2.7B from 53rd wk); identical sales ex-fuel down 0.8% (underlying +0.1%).
- FY2023 adjusted EPS $4.76 (+8% YoY ex-53rd wk); Adjusted FIFO operating profit $5.0B.
- 2024 guidance: adj. EPS $4.30-$4.50, adj. FIFO op. profit $4.6-$4.8B, ID sales ex-fuel +0.25%-1.75%.
- Digital annual sales reached $12B; delivery sales up 24% YoY (ex-53rd wk); digitally engaged households +18%.
- Share repurchase paused for Albertsons merger; dividend expected to increase over time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-031709
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924031709/0001104659-24-031709-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924031709/tm247967d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KROGER CO reported fourth quarter and full year 2023 results: revenue $37.1 billion in the fourth quarter; $150.0 billion in 2023, EPS EPS of $1.01 for the fourth quarter; EPS of $2.96 for fiscal 2023.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Revenue: $37.1 billion in the fourth quarter; $150.0 billion in 2023
  - EPS: EPS of $1.01 for the fourth quarter; EPS of $2.96 for fiscal 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 7, 2024, The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter and full year 2023 results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465924031709/0001104659-24-031709-index.htm

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