Kroger forward PE KR

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1999.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 12.5×
10-year median: 12.2×
Against its 10-year history: 55th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 7.9× to 19.6×
Peer median: 16.1×

Kroger's forward PE is 12.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 12.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.9× in Oct 2019 to 19.6× in Dec 2016.

The median for 10 consumer staples stocks of a similar size is 16.1×.

Forward PE over time

median 12.2×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	12.5×	10.6×	14.6×
2025	12.6×	12.3×	15.0×
2024	13.2×	10.1×	13.3×
2023	10.2×	9.5×	11.5×
2022	10.7×	10.6×	16.8×
2021	12.9×	11.0×	14.7×
2020	11.3×	8.4×	12.2×
2019	9.0×	7.9×	14.0×
2018	13.1×	12.4×	16.6×
2017	13.8×	9.9×	18.6×
2016	18.9×	15.5×	19.7×
2015	19.8×	17.1×	20.2×
2014	17.7×	11.4×	17.7×
2013	12.5×	9.2×	14.2×
2012	9.2×	8.4×	11.0×
2011	11.0×	10.6×	13.2×
2010	12.2×	11.2×	17.2×
2009	14.9×	10.9×	17.1×
2008	13.9×	12.9×	17.7×
2007	17.7×	17.0×	22.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Consumer Defensive nearest Kroger's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
KRKroger	12.5×
ELEstée Lauder Companies	32.8×
SYYSysco	16.0×
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland	13.5×
KVUEKenvue	16.2×
KMBKimberly-Clark	15.8×
HSYHershey	18.4×
KDPKeurig Dr Pepper	14.2×
KHCKraft Heinz	12.5×
DGDollar General	16.5×
CHDChurch & Dwight	26.9×
Peer median	16.1×

Where Kroger ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.