Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Kroger Co shares valued at $2,437,230 were sold by Adcock Mary Ellen on Jun 27 ’25. At $71.16 per share, Adcock Mary Ellen sold 34,250 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 184,473 shares worth approximately $12.96 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Arreaga Gabriel sold 37,960 shares, netting a total of over 2,749,633 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $72.44 each, the insider now holds 75,218 shares.
Before that, Massa Timothy A had sold 8,415 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $622,710, the Executive Vice President traded Kroger Co shares for $74.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 8,415 shares, worth approximately $8.34 million.
As published in a research note from Telsey Advisory Group on June 23, 2025, Kroger Co [KR] has been retained to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $82. Analysts at Melius upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sell”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of April 01, 2025, Melius has decreased its “Hold” rating to a “Sell” for KR.
Analyzing KR Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Kroger Co [NYSE: KR] plunged -1.57% to $70.23. The stock’s lowest price that day was $69.97, but it reached a high of $71.3 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.76%. Over the course of the year, Kroger Co shares have jumped approximately 40.66%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $74.11 on 06/23/25 and a 52-week low of $58.12 on 01/17/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Kroger Co (KR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 69.70, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 69.17. In the upper region, resistance lies at 71.03. The next price resistance is at 71.83. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.79 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Kroger Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Kroger Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-06-13 dropping by -2.18 million shares to 34.72 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 36.91 million shares. A decline of -6.28% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.0 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.0.
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In terms of Kroger Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 74.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 4.41% from the previous closing price of $71.35. Analysts anticipate Kroger Co stock to reach 83 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 58. In spite of this, 29 analysts ranked Kroger Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 24, 2025, Citigroup assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $61.
