Kroger (KR) 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is KR or CASY a better dividend stock?

Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Casey's General Stores pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Kroger pays out 33.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Casey's General Stores pays out 14.6% 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 raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Casey's General Stores has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years.

Does the media favor KR or CASY?

In the previous week, Kroger had 30 more articles in the media than Casey's General Stores. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Kroger and 10 mentions for Casey's General Stores. Casey's General Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Kroger's score of 0.48 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Casey's General Stores	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KR or CASY more profitable?

Casey's General Stores has a net margin of 3.40% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.86%. Kroger's return on equity of 28.54% beat Casey's General Stores' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kroger	1.86%	28.54%	6.66%
Casey's General Stores	3.40%	17.07%	8.12%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	$150.04B	0.28	$2.16B	$3.82	15.08
Casey's General Stores	$14.86B	1.03	$501.97M	$13.74	30.13

Which has more volatility and risk, KR or CASY?

Kroger has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Casey's General Stores has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KR or CASY?

Kroger currently has a consensus target price of $60.09, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Casey's General Stores has a consensus target price of $408.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.38%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Casey's General Stores	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in KR or CASY?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KR or CASY?

Kroger received 470 more outperform votes than Casey's General Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 63.05% of users gave Casey's General Stores an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kroger	Outperform Votes 1115 65.28%	Underperform Votes 593 34.72%
Casey's General Stores	Outperform Votes 645 63.05%	Underperform Votes 378 36.95%

Summary

Kroger and Casey's General Stores tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.