Kroger (KR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CASY or KR?

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
Casey's General Stores	$15.55B	1.00	$501.97M	$14.35	29.09
Kroger	$147.12B	0.32	$2.16B	$3.67	17.54

Is CASY or KR 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
Casey's General Stores	3.57%	17.17%	7.99%
Kroger	1.85%	27.73%	6.35%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CASY or KR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CASY or KR?

Kroger received 485 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 651 62.90%	Underperform Votes 384 37.10%
Kroger	Outperform Votes 1136 65.36%	Underperform Votes 602 34.64%

Is CASY or KR a better dividend stock?

Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Casey's General Stores pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 34.9% 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. Casey's General Stores has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Kroger has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate CASY or KR?

Casey's General Stores currently has a consensus target price of $423.09, indicating a potential upside of 1.36%. Kroger has a consensus target price of $66.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kroger is more favorable than Casey's General Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Kroger	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Does the media refer more to CASY or KR?

In the previous week, Kroger had 46 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Kroger and 16 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Kroger's score of 0.55 indicating that Casey's General Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Casey's General Stores	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Kroger	27 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kroger beats Casey's General Stores on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.