Kroger (NYSE: KR) reported second-quarter 2026 sales of $34.6 billion, up from $33.9 billion a year earlier. Net earnings attributable to Kroger were $641 million, or $1.05 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended August 15, 2026.
Identical sales without fuel increased 0.2%. Kroger reaffirmed its full-year adjusted EPS guidance of $5.10 to $5.30 and lowered its identical-sales-without-fuel outlook to 0.2% to 0.8%.
- Operating profit was $971 million, compared with $863 million in the prior-year quarter.
- Gross margin was 22.4%, compared with 22.5% a year earlier.
- Adjusted eCommerce sales grew 20%, while Kroger Precision Marketing profit rose 24%.
- Kroger repurchased $1.0 billion of shares during the quarter and $1.2 billion year to date.
- Approximately $800 million remained under the company’s $2 billion repurchase authorization at quarter-end.
$KR Insider Trading Activity
$KR insiders have traded $KR stock on the open market 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $KR stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- YAEL COSSET (Executive Vice President) sold 30,000 shares for an estimated $1,764,000
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
$KR Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 659 institutional investors add shares of $KR stock to their portfolio, and 771 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- GQG PARTNERS LLC removed 12,702,807 shares (-99.7%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $705,386,872
- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC removed 11,000,000 shares (-22.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $610,830,000
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 6,549,346 shares (-27.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $363,685,183
- SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 4,843,158 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $268,940,563
- ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P. removed 4,445,479 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $324,519,967
- MORGAN STANLEY removed 3,162,701 shares (-25.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $175,624,786
- PACER ADVISORS, INC. added 3,056,681 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $169,737,495
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
$KR Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $KR stock 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $KR stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 4 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 07/24, 06/05 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 03/24.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
