Kroger Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 12.0% to $421.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 8.8%, from $387.00M to $421.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2021 to FY 2026), Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations shows a downward trend with a -4.7% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests rising long-term benefit obligations or lower plan asset performance, while a decrease indicates reduced future liability or improved funding status.
This represents the long-term financial obligations a company expects to pay to retired employees for pension benefits a...
Standard across capital-intensive industries with legacy workforces; peers often disclose this as part of net periodic benefit cost.
non_current_liabilities_pension_and_other_postretirement_0d4947| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $507.00M | $494.00M | $478.00M | $455.00M | $407.00M | $436.00M | $427.00M | $387.00M | $385.00M | $386.00M | $377.00M | $387.00M | $381.00M | $376.00M | $421.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -2.6% | -3.2% | -4.8% | -10.5% | +7.1% | -2.1% | -9.4% | -0.5% | +0.3% | -2.3% | +2.7% | -1.6% | -1.3% | +12.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | -10.3% | -17.6% | -8.8% | -6.2% | -4.9% | -11.7% | -9.6% | -2.6% | +0.5% | -1.3% | -0.3% | +8.8% |