The Kroger Co. is a food and drug retailer. Co. operate supermarkets, multi-department stores and fulfillment centers throughout the U.S.. It operates approximately 2,722 supermarkets, 2,257 pharmacies and 1,665 fuel centers in 35 states and the District of Columbia while also operating online through a digital ecosystem to offer customers an omnichannel shopping experience. Co. also manufactures and processes food for sale by its supermarkets and online. It offers Pickup and Harris Teeter ExpressLane personalized, order online, pick up at the store services at 2,350 of its supermarkets and provide delivery, which allows it to offer digital solutions to substantially all of its customers. We show 65 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our KR shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute KR market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing KR market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing KR's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of KR versus a peer is one thing; comparing
KR market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like KR can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching KR by allowing them to research the KR market cap history. |
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