The Kroger Co Stock Beta

KOG Stock  EUR 54.71  1.87  3.31%   
The Kroger Co fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Kroger's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Kroger Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Kroger's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Kroger stock.
  
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The Kroger Co Company Beta Analysis

Kroger's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Kroger Beta

    
  0.49  
Most of Kroger's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, The Kroger Co is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, The Kroger Co has a Beta of 0.4892. This is 60.23% lower than that of the Consumer Defensive sector and 22.35% lower than that of the Grocery Stores industry. The beta for all Germany stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Kroger Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Kroger's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Kroger could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Kroger by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Kroger is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.
As returns on the market increase, Kroger's returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding Kroger is expected to be smaller as well.

Kroger Fundamentals

About Kroger Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze The Kroger Co's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Kroger using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of The Kroger Co based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Kroger financial ratios help investors to determine whether Kroger Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Kroger with respect to the benefits of owning Kroger security.