secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KROGER CO (KR)
CIK:        0000056873
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-18T10:52:56+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-075395
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926075395/0001104659-26-075395-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000110465926075395/tm2618219d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-075395

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