Kroger vs Sprouts Farmers Market
KR and SFM side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KR and SFM compare
Kroger is the larger company, worth 8.5 times as much as Sprouts Farmers Market ($39.4B against $4.6B).
On earnings, Sprouts Farmers Market is cheaper: it trades at 9.5× trailing earnings, against 36.3× for Kroger.
Sprouts Farmers Market grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.2% versus 1.6% for Kroger).
Sprouts Farmers Market keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 0.73% at Kroger.
Kroger pays a dividend yielding 2.2%; Sprouts Farmers Market does not pay one.
Sprouts Farmers Market scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 7 for Kroger), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KR | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $39.4B | $4.6B |
| Share price | $66.76 | $49.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.1% | −52.5% |
| Change, 5 years | 57.8% | 106% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.19 | 0.57 |
| Employees | 403K | 36K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.3× | 9.5× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 6.8× | 3.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.0× | 5.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 16.5× | 13.0× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.31 |
| FCF yield | 6.0% | 7.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $43.46 | $82.15 |
| Margin of safety | −53.6% | 39.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.6% | 7.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% | 6.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −60.2% | 3.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −53.4% | 7.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | 16.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 38.7% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 7.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.73% | 5.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 4.0% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.3% | 35.2% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | 42.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.63 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.58 | – |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 0.99 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.41 (better) | 3.78 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | – |
| Payout ratio | 82.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 17 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 14.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 9.4% (better) | 8.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 11.6% (better) | 8.4% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.0% | 111% |
| Held by insiders | 0.37% | 0.83% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$6.2M (better) | −$20.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.3% | 14.5% |
Go deeper
- KR stock overview
- KR income statement
- KR valuation and score
- SFM stock overview
- SFM income statement
- SFM valuation and score
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