---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-075395"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KR"
cik: "0000056873"
company_name: "KROGER CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-18T10:52:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T10:55:08.101475+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kroger Q1 EPS $1.46 ($1.58 adj); identical sales up 1.0%; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $1.46 vs $1.29 YoY; adjusted EPS $1.58 vs $1.49.
- Identical sales without fuel +1.0% (includes 130 bps headwind from Inflation Reduction Act).
- Operating profit $1,407M; adjusted FIFO operating profit $1,544M.
- Adjusted eCommerce sales +19%; Kroger Precision Marketing profit +20%.
- FY 2026 guidance reaffirmed: EPS $5.10-$5.30, FIFO operating profit $5.0-$5.2B, free cash flow $2.7-$2.9B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-075395
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KR
- cik: 0000056873
- company_name: KROGER CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T10:52:56+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926075395/0001104659-26-075395-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926075395/tm2618219d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-075395.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KROGER CO reported first quarter 2026 results: EPS $1.46. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - EPS: $1.46
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On June 18, 2026, The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) issued a press release announcing its first quarter 2026 results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926075395/0001104659-26-075395-index.htm

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