$70,000 of THE KROGER CO. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Monitoring provisions in the reauthorization of the Farm Bill. Issues related to payments for retailers, interchange and routing. Monitoring the implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, and the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act Discussions involving pending business transactions and labor relations."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
KR Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $KR stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $KR stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $50,000 on 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE GREG LANDSMAN sold up to $500,000 on 05/09.
- REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR purchased up to $15,000 on 02/20.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
KR Insider Trading Activity
KR insiders have traded $KR stock on the open market 36 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 36 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) has made 0 purchases and 8 sales selling 244,568 shares for an estimated $17,125,750.
- MARY ELLEN ADCOCK (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 138,186 shares for an estimated $9,337,220.
- GABRIEL ARREAGA (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 67,786 shares for an estimated $4,792,919.
- CHRISTINE S WHEATLEY (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 60,000 shares for an estimated $4,245,258.
- TIMOTHY A MASSA (Executive Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 60,534 shares for an estimated $4,237,215.
- TODD A FOLEY (Senior Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 42,106 shares for an estimated $2,861,713.
- VALERIE L. JABBAR (Senior Vice President) sold 31,271 shares for an estimated $2,160,281
- CARIN L FIKE (Vice President and Treasurer) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 26,508 shares for an estimated $1,906,779.
- CLYDE R MOORE sold 26,814 shares for an estimated $1,890,387
- KENNETH C KIMBALL (Senior Vice President) sold 11,000 shares for an estimated $719,081
- BRIAN W NICHOLS (Vice President & Controller) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 3,741 shares for an estimated $253,686.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
KR Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 622 institutional investors add shares of KR stock to their portfolio, and 611 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P removed 9,516,548 shares (-48.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $644,175,134
- CITIGROUP INC added 5,080,237 shares (+928.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $343,881,242
- BLACKROCK, INC. removed 3,483,769 shares (-5.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $235,816,323
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP added 2,945,848 shares (+85.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $199,404,451
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 2,393,120 shares (+90.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $161,990,292
- POINT72 ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. removed 2,391,650 shares (-52.9%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $161,890,788
- CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC removed 2,315,326 shares (-69.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $156,724,416
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
KR Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $KR in the last several months. We have seen 5 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Telsey Advisory Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 06/23/2025
- Guggenheim issued a "Buy" rating on 06/23/2025
- Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 06/17/2025
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/01/2025
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 02/04/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for KR, check out Quiver Quantitative's $KR forecast page.
KR Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $KR recently. We have seen 9 analysts offer price targets for $KR in the last 6 months, with a median target of $75.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Simeon Gutman from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $76.0 on 06/23/2025
- Michael Lasser from UBS set a target price of $74.0 on 06/23/2025
- Joseph Feldman from Telsey Advisory Group set a target price of $82.0 on 06/23/2025
- Paul Trussell from Deutsche Bank set a target price of $67.0 on 06/23/2025
- John Heinbockel from Guggenheim set a target price of $78.0 on 06/23/2025
- Michael Montani from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $75.0 on 06/17/2025
- Ken Goldman from JP Morgan set a target price of $82.0 on 05/01/2025
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