The Kroger Co's EBITDA per Share for the
three
months ended in Jan. 2024 was $2.64.
Its EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $9.71.
During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of The Kroger Co was 0.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 3.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 8.40% per year.
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The historical rank and industry rank for The Kroger Co's EBITDA per Share or its related term are showing as below:
KR'
s 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.2 Med: 7.9 Max: 27.7
Current: 1.3
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of The Kroger Co was 27.70% per year. The lowest was -12.20% per year. And the median was 7.90% per year.
KR's 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is ranked worse than 69.08% of 262
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 7.8
vs KR: 1.30
The Kroger Co's EBITDA for the
three
months ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,916 Mil.
During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA Growth Rate of The Kroger Co was 0.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -1.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 0.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 4.20% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of The Kroger Co was 35.80% per year. The lowest was -15.50% per year. And the median was 6.15% per year.
The Kroger Co EBITDA per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Kroger Co's EBITDA per Share can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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The Kroger Co Annual Data
Trend
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Jan23
Jan24
EBITDA per Share
7.30
9.33
8.03
9.65
9.69
The Kroger Co Quarterly Data
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
Jul23
Oct23
Jan24
EBITDA per Share
2.19
3.52
1.05
2.50
2.64
The Kroger Co EBITDA per Share Calculation
EBITDA per Share is the amount of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) per outstanding share of the company's stock.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
The Kroger Co's EBITDA per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as
EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9.71
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
The Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) EBITDA per Share Explanation
EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals EBIT. EBIT is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.
While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.
The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.
EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:
Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners
EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.
A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.
Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.
Be Aware
Although depreciation is not a cash cost, it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.
EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies.
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The Kroger Co (The Kroger Co) Business Description
Kroger is the leading U.S. grocer, with 2,719 supermarkets operating under several banners throughout the country at the end of fiscal 2022. Around 83% of stores have pharmacies, while nearly 60% also sell fuel. The company also operates roughly 120 fine jewelry stores. Kroger features a leading private-label offering and manufactures around 30% of its own-brand units (and more than 40% of its grocery own-label assortment) itself in 33 food production plants nationwide. Kroger is a top-two grocer in most of its major markets (as of early 2021, according to company data). Virtually all of Kroger's sales come from the United States. Kroger has offered to acquire Albertsons in a $25 billion deal; if the transaction is approved by regulators, it should close in 2024.
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