Growth Metrics

Kroger (KR) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Kroger (KR) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 4.55% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 701.0% year-over-year to 4.55%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 1.0%, down 176.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.62%, 55.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 4.55% in Q4 2025 per KR's latest filing, down from 2.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 3.37% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 4.55% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 1.9%, with a median of 2.65% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 382bps in 2024, then crashed -701bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 2.72% in 2021, then decreased by -10bps to 2.46% in 2022, then grew by 9bps to 2.68% in 2023, then dropped by -8bps to 2.46% in 2024, then tumbled by -285bps to 4.55% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 4.55% in Q4 2025, 2.66% in Q1 2025, and 2.46% in Q4 2024.