---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-023800"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:17:56.674716+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger Q4 adj EPS $1.28 beats $1.14 YoY; FY25 adj EPS $4.85; guides FY26 adj EPS $5.10-5.30

## Summary
- Q4 adj EPS $1.28 beats $1.14 YoY; ID sales ex-fuel +2.4%; operating profit $1,246M.
- FY25 adj EPS $4.85 vs $4.47; adj FIFO op profit $4.9B; ID sales ex-fuel +2.9%.
- FY26 guidance: adj EPS $5.10-5.30, adj FIFO op profit $5.0-5.2B, ID sales +1.0-2.0%, FCF $2.7-2.9B.
- eCommerce strategic review to deliver $400M profit improvement in '26; Q4 adj eCommerce sales +20%. Completed $7.5B buyback, new $2B authorization; CEO Greg Foran appointed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-023800
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926023800/0001104659-26-023800-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926023800/tm267907d1_8k.htm

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