The Kroger Co. (KR) earnings on September 11, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More The Kroger Co. earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

The stock swung sharply after reporting earnings, climbing as much as 4.46% and falling as much as 4.21% before finishing the day 2.70% higher.

KR price around the earnings

58.49

Change: +2.7%

2026-09-11, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
54.67 56.27 57.87 59.47 56.95
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September 11, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published

The stock shows recent weakness after missing earnings expectations, and analysts are divided on the outlook. Recent news about an E. coli outbreak adds risk, while retail investors remain unusually optimistic—potentially creating a crowded case.

Context analyzed before publication

Reasoning
Analysts are optimistic with a $70 price target, about 22.5% above current levels; flat 30d price action; mixed earnings history.
Trend
First evaluation, no trend yet.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.08
Analysts covering the stock
22
Average price target
69.77
Lowest price target
57
Highest price target
86
Upside to price target
22.5%
Quarterly earnings growth
4.3%
Revenue growth
2.2%
Forward EPS
5.51
Trailing EPS
1.73
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
2
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 11
  • Hold: 13
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
0
Buy
11
Hold
13
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • September 1, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • August 11, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
Messages
30
News
Sources (3)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
56.96
Average true range (ATR)
2.2%
Distance to 52-week high
-23.8%
14-day change (14d)
+0.1%
30-day change (30d)
+1.3%
30-day relative strength
+2.9%
SPY change (30d)
-1.6%
Nearest support
56.63
Distance to nearest support
0.6%
Nearest resistance
57
Distance to nearest resistance
0.1%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.82
  • Major: 56.63 (0.6% away, 0.27 ATR, 36 touches)
  • Major: 56.33 (1.1% away, 0.51 ATR, 39 touches)
  • Minor: 56 (1.7% away, 0.78 ATR, 3 touches)
  • Mid: 57 (0.1% away, 0.03 ATR, 26 touches)
  • Major: 57.42 (0.8% away, 0.37 ATR, 22 touches)
  • Mid: 57.94 (1.7% away, 0.79 ATR, 24 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+2.9%
  • June 18, 2026: actual EPS 1.58 vs estimate 1.59 (surprise -0.8%)
  • March 5, 2026: actual EPS 1.28 vs estimate 1.2 (surprise +6.5%)
  • December 4, 2025: actual EPS 1.05 vs estimate 1.03 (surprise +1.7%)
  • September 11, 2025: actual EPS 1.04 vs estimate 1 (surprise +4.3%)

Expected move

Implied move
+7.2%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
4.9%
75th percentile move
7.8%
90th percentile move
10%
Up / down moves
13 / 7
Average up move
+5.8%
Average down move
-4.3%

Monitoring and close

What The Kroger Co. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS1.09
EPS estimate1.05
EPS surprise+3.6%

Kroger reports sales impacted by cyclospora outbreak, while Sweetgreen shares rise after CDC declares end to the outbreak.

Sources (23)

Pre-market second reading after the results

There is no second reading available for this event.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+2.7%
Max favorable move (MFE)
4.5%
Max adverse move (MAE)
4.2%