Kroger: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Barchart · 2d ago

CINCINNATI (AP) — CINCINNATI (AP) — Kroger Co. (KR) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $641 million.

The Cincinnati-based company said it had profit of $1.05 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.09 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.05 per share.

The supermarket chain posted revenue of $34.62 billion in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $34.69 billion.

Kroger expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.10 to $5.30 per share.

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