Kroger (KR) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Kroger has reported Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.26 in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio fell 28.47% year-over-year to 0.26 in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.88, a 164.93% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.88, up 162.73% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.26 for Q1 2026 at Kroger, up from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 0.47 in Q4 2022, with the low at 1.05 in Q3 2023.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.2, with a median of 0.28 recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Payout Ratio sank 596.99% in 2023, then soared 143.19% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.47 in 2022, then tumbled by 30.8% to 0.33 in 2023, then climbed by 15.02% to 0.38 in 2024, then sank by 147.61% to 0.18 in 2025, then surged by 246.82% to 0.26 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.26 (Q1 2026), 0.18 (Q4 2025), and 0.35 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.