Casey's General Stores (CASY) Competitors

Kroger (NYSE:KR) and Casey's General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KR or CASY?

Kroger received 477 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 63.04% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kroger	Outperform Votes 1125 65.29%	Underperform Votes 598 34.71%
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 648 63.04%	Underperform Votes 380 36.96%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KR or CASY?

80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kroger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Casey's General Stores shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, KR or CASY?

Kroger has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KR or CASY more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.57% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.85%. Kroger's return on equity of 27.73% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kroger	1.85%	27.73%	6.35%
Casey's General Stores	3.57%	17.17%	7.99%

Does the media prefer KR or CASY?

In the previous week, Kroger had 29 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Kroger and 21 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Kroger's score of 0.30 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kroger	11 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Casey's General Stores	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KR or CASY a better dividend stock?

Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kroger pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Kroger has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years. Kroger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate KR or CASY?

Kroger currently has a consensus target price of $65.43, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $424.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.17%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kroger is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kroger	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has higher earnings & valuation, KR or CASY?

Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Casey's General Stores. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Casey's General Stores, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kroger	$149.88B	0.30	$2.16B	$3.78	16.36
Casey's General Stores	$14.97B	1.00	$501.97M	$14.35	28.09

Summary

Kroger beats Casey's General Stores on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.