KR Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KR shares is 1612, representing 75.49% of the company's common stock.

CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KR by -17.02% restricting it's holding to 1.69 million shares of worth nearly $96.81M. RIVER ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -1.8% of the KR shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.69 million shares of worth $96.49M. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP also shunned KR shares holding by -19.92% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.55 million shares worth $88.68M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CREDIT SUISSE AG/ increased its stake in KR by 2.59% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.67 million shares having worth more than $95.33M. SOUND SHORE MANAGEMENT INC /CT/ also added 100% more shares of KR to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.43 million shares of worth $81.90M. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also increased its KR shares holding by 0.6% which brought its holding to 1.4 million shares worth $79.77M.

The insider with the most stakes in KR is MCMULLEN W RODNEY , Chairman of the Board & CEO at the company. Additionally, KR stock is highly held by Executive VP and COO DONNELLY MICHAEL JOSEPH and Senior Vice President Aitken Stuart among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 7.65% percent of The Kroger Co.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 9 transaction(s) in which KR insiders have sold stock, totaling 120.27K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FOLEY TODD A, AITKEN STUART, and COSSET YAEL.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which The Kroger Co. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 846.21K The Kroger Co. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 7.65% of KR stock.

KR Chairman of the Board & CEO, MCMULLEN W RODNEY holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KR shares owned by MCMULLEN total nearly 3.01 million.

CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC is the largest institutional owner in KR which holds 1.69 million shares worth $96.81M or 0.24% of the total KR shares outstanding followed by RIVER ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 1.69 million shares representing 0.24% of the KR ownership. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ is the third largest stakeholder with 1.67 million shares or 0.23% of the ownership worth more than $95.33M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KR is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KR shares short is 8.27M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 723.61M shares of KR are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KR has 741.13M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KR is 2.54.