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 8.7 times as much as Sprouts Farmers Market ($41.8B against $4.8B).
On earnings, Sprouts Farmers Market is cheaper: it trades at 10.0× trailing earnings, against 38.5× for Kroger.
Sprouts Farmers Market grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.3% versus 1.6% for Kroger).
Sprouts Farmers Market keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.4% compared with 0.73% at Kroger.
Kroger pays a dividend yielding 2.0%; Sprouts Farmers Market does not pay one.
Sprouts Farmers Market scores higher on the StockData Score (20 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 | $41.8B | $4.8B |
| Share price | $70.80 | $52.07 |
| Change, 1 year | 8.3% | −36.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 73.1% | 102% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.19 | 0.62 |
| Employees | 403K | 36K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 38.5× | 10.0× (better) |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.5× |
| P/B | 7.2× | 3.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.4× | 5.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 17.5× | 14.2× (better) |
| PEG | – | 0.33 |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 7.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $44.26 | $84.40 |
| Margin of safety | −60.0% | 38.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.6% | 5.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.2% | 6.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −60.2% | −3.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −53.4% | 0.77% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | 16.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 38.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 7.3% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.73% | 5.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.6% | 3.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 14.3% | 33.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | 41.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.63 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.58 | – |
| Current ratio | 0.70 | 0.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.44 (better) | 3.72 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | – |
| Payout ratio | 82.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 17 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 14.4% | – |
| Buyback yield | 8.9% | 8.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 10.9% (better) | 8.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.0% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 0.37% | 0.83% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$6.2M (better) | −$23.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.9% | 11.9% |
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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