Growth Metrics

Kroger (KR) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Kroger has reported Gross Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 23.39% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 23.39% for Q1 2026, up 31.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 23.3% (up 60.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 23.3%, up 60.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 23.39% at Kroger, roughly flat from 23.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for KR hit a ceiling of 23.42% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 20.92% in Q3 2022.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 22.41% (2024), compared with a mean of 22.4%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -101bps in 2022 and later soared 101bps in 2025.
  • Kroger's Gross Margin stood at 21.37% in 2022, then rose by 3bps to 22.03% in 2023, then rose by 4bps to 22.85% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to 23.34% in 2025, then grew by 0bps to 23.39% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 23.39% (Q1 2026), 23.34% (Q4 2025), and 23.01% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.