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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-118315"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:58:14.189387+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 $1.05, ID sales +2.6%; FY25 EPS guidance raised to $4.75-$4.80

## Summary
- Q3 ID sales +2.6% (ex-fuel); eCommerce sales +17%.
- Adjusted EPS $1.05 vs $0.98 YoY; GAAP EPS $(2.02) due to $2.6B impairment.
- Adjusted FIFO operating profit $1,089M; operating loss $(1,541)M.
- FY25 guidance: ID sales narrowed to 2.8%-3.0%; EPS raised to $4.75-$4.80.
- Completed $5B ASR; executing remaining $2.5B open market buybacks by year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-118315
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2025-12-04T23:59:59+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/56873/000110465925118315/0001104659-25-118315-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465925118315/tm2532524d1_8k.htm

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