KROGER CO vs Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KR and SFM diverge most: on debt / equity, KR reads 2.51 and SFM reads 0.00; on revenue growth, KR reads +1.1% and SFM reads +10.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What KR's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SFM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KR | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $60.55 | $80.80 |
| Market cap | $37.2B | $7.7B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.5 |
| P/B | 5.75 | 5.38 |
| P/S | 0.25 | 0.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | +10.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.4% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | 16.3% | 35.4% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | 35.8% |
| FCF yield | 7.6% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 2.51 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.79 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.29 | 4.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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