Kroger Company (The) (KR) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.09
- Estimate
- $1.05
- Surprise
- +3.6%
- Score today
- 5.0/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Kroger Company (The) (KR) beat the $1.05 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.09 — a clear 3.6% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Crude Oil Down 3%; Kroger Shares Gain After Upbeat Q2 Earnings — benzinga, 2026-09-11
- S&P 500 Snaps 4-Day Decline as Oil Cools, Dell Jumps 11%: Stock Market Today — benzinga, 2026-09-11
- Kroger Says Shoppers Are Cutting Back As $4 Gas, SNAP Cuts Squeeze Household Budgets — benzinga, 2026-09-11
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KR Sell at 5.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.6% surprise compares with a +2.7% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-12-03.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-7.0% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.9 < 4.0)
- Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $66.77
- Stop
- $62.81
The stock trades at 37.1× trailing but 12.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 76 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-27 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Market cap
- $39.43B
- P/E (fwd)
- 12.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 37.1
- 52-week range
- $54.15–$76.58
- Off 52-week high
- 12.8%
- RSI (14)
- 76
- Volume vs avg
- 0.61×
- Score today
- 5.0/10