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Profile - Kroger Company (NYSE:KR)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1014 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: (513) 762-4000
Fax: (513) 762-1575
Email: investors@kroger.com
Employees (last reported count): 312,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Grocery)
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Index Membership
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 21%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 16 insider sells; 472.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 72% (91% of float)
(1,249 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.68M shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Kroger Company is a United States grocery supermarket retailer. The Company also manufactures and processes food for sale by its supermarkets. In addition to supermarkets, Kroger operated 789 convenience stores, 77 supermarket fuel centers and 398 Jewelry Stores. The Company owned and operated 693 of the convenience stores, while 96 were operated through franchise agreements. The convenience stores offer a limited assortment of staple food items and general merchandise and, in most cases, sell gasoline.
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Financial Summary
The Kroger Company is a supermarket grocery retailer and also a manufacturer and processer of food for sale by its supermarkets. The Company operates 2,354 supermarkets. For the 16 weeks ended 5/26/01, sales rose 5% to $15.10 billion. Net income rose from $99 million to $304 million. Revenues reflect higher comparable store sales and an increase in the number of stores. Earnings also benefited from the absence of asset impairment charges.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2001 Compensation
PayExer

Joseph Pichler, 61
Chairman, CEO
$7.1M$4.3M
David Dillon, 50
Pres, COO
1.3M1.6M
Michael Heschel, 59
Exec. VP
1.1M--  
Don McGeorge, 46
Exec. VP
1.0M--  
Rodney McMullen, 40
Exec. VP, Strategy, Planning and Fin.
1.1M949K
Dollar amounts are as of 3-Feb-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:KRAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 12-Oct-2000
$19.875
Recent Price$26.62 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$27.938
Beta0.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)2.55M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2.15M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+18.6%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+59.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$21.4B
Shares Outstanding804.0M
Float635.1M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 29-June-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.87 
Earnings (ttm)$1.29 
Earnings (mrq)$0.36 
Sales (ttm)$59.13 
Cash (mrq*)$0.20 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)6.88 
Price/Earnings (ttm)20.65 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.45 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$49.8B
EBITDA (ttm*)$3.54B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.08B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.2%
Operating Margin (ttm)5.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsFeb 3
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
26-May-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.04%
Return on Equity (ttm)37.67%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.99 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)2.82 
Total Cash (mrq)$160.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short18.3M
Percent of Float2.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
16.9M
Short Ratio6.49 
Daily Volume2.81M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 26-May-2001)

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