Kroger (KR) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

Kroger has reported Gross Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 23.39% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 31.0% year-over-year to 23.39% in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 23.3%, a 60.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 23.3%, up 60.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin was 23.39% for Q1 2026 at Kroger, roughly flat from 23.34% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Gross Margin was 23.42% in Q2 2025, with the low at 20.92% in Q3 2022.
• Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 22.4%, with a median of 22.41% recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Gross Margin plunged 101 bps in 2022, then surged 101 bps in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Gross Margin stood at 21.37% in 2022, then climbed by 3 bps to 22.03% in 2023, then climbed by 4 bps to 22.85% in 2024, then rose by 2 bps to 23.34% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 23.39% in 2026.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 23.39% (Q1 2026), 23.34% (Q4 2025), and 23.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.