Should You Invest in Kroger?

PHOTO CREDIT: Kroger

OVERVIEW

Why You Should?

  1. Kroger is the largest pure grocery store chain in the United States. This allows it to have a wide reach among American consumers. This will benefit the company in the long term as it will see a high amount of return customers as well as new consumers to their stores.
  2. Kroger is a recession-proof and safe investment. This is because it offers products essential to a high quality of life during tough and normal economic times. Kroger has had stable sales during the 2008 recession and other recessions like the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Why You Should Not?

  1. Because of higher competition, Kroger has seen growth slow in the United States. Though the pandemic has seen sales rise, Kroger was facing issues of U.S market concentration and slowing growth due to several factors. This will negatively impact the company as sales start to slow again and as the company gets crushed by the competition.
  2. Kroger has seen weak financials due to the cons mentioned above. This has seen its debt increase to over 14 billion dollars and has also seen revenue and profit growth fall. This will negatively impact the company until it figures out a way to grow in the digital space to attract more customers away from their competition like Walmart. In the financial year of 2020, the company reported revenues of around 122.3 billion and profits of around 1.7 billion. The company reported less revenue in the financial year of 2019 when it reported this metric at around 121.85 billion. However, the company also reported 3.1 billion in profit in the financial year of 2019 which is more than what is reported in the financial year 2020.
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MY OPINION

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Aaditya Patel is a writer who publishes analysis on companies publicly traded on the NYSE. Follow him @the_investing787 on Instagram for summary posts.

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Aaditya Patel

Aaditya Patel is a writer who publishes analysis on companies publicly traded on the NYSE. Follow him @the_investing787 on Instagram for summary posts.