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Kroger KR Interest coverage

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$33.9B+0.7%
Gross profit$7.9B+2.8%
Operating income-$1.5B-286%
Net income-$1.3B-314%
EPS (diluted)-$2.02-340%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.3B-15.8%
Total debt$10.2B+9.8%
Total equity$5.9B-28.5%
Total assets$50.0B-5.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$34.68B-10.8%
Enterprise value$41.53B-6.6%
P/E34.1×+19.5×
P/S0.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin23.3%+0.6pp
Operating margin1.3%-1.3pp
Net margin0.7%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.3%-12.5pp
Debt / equity1.7×+0.6×
Current ratio0.8×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Kroger’s reported figures.

ebit/interest expense=8×

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Kroger’s 10-K, filed April 1, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Kroger's interest coverage?
Kroger (KR) reported interest coverage of 8× in Q4 2023.
How has Kroger's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Kroger's interest coverage increased by 4.2% year-over-year, from 7.7× to 8×.
What is the long-term trend for Kroger's interest coverage?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), Kroger's interest coverage has grown at a 7.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 24.9× to 28.7×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.