TTM
1.3%
YoY change
−1.34pp
Trough year (2025)
1.3%
Peak year (2002)
5.0%
Latest annual
1.3%
Operating Margin history chart for Kroger (KR) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 1.3%
Operating Margin change chart for Kroger (KR) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −1.34pp
Operating Margin history table for Kroger (KR) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 1.3% | -1.34pp | ||
| 2024 | 2.6% | +0.55pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.1% | -0.72pp | ||
| 2022 | 2.8% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2021 | 2.5% | +0.42pp | ||
| 2020 | 2.1% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2019 | 1.8% | -0.30pp | ||
| 2018 | 2.1% | +0.03pp | ||
| 2017 | 2.1% | -0.87pp | ||
| 2016 | 3.0% | -0.26pp | ||
| 2015 | 3.3% | +0.36pp | ||
| 2014 | 2.9% | +0.12pp | ||
| 2013 | 2.8% | -0.09pp | ||
| 2012 | 2.9% | +1.44pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.4% | -1.24pp | ||
| 2010 | 2.7% | +1.24pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.4% | -1.80pp | ||
| 2008 | 3.2% | -0.14pp | ||
| 2007 | 3.4% | -0.02pp | ||
| 2006 | 3.4% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2005 | 3.4% | +1.87pp | ||
| 2004 | 1.5% | -1.00pp | ||
| 2003 | 2.5% | -2.47pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.0% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2001 | 4.7% | -0.17pp | ||
| 2000 | 4.9% | +0.20pp | ||
| 1999 | 4.7% | +0.49pp | ||
| 1998 | 4.2% | +0.23pp | ||
| 1997 | 4.0% | +0.51pp | ||
| 1996 | 3.4% | +0.01pp | ||
| 1995 | 3.4% | +0.17pp | ||
| 1994 | 3.3% | +0.15pp | ||
| 1993 | 3.1% | +0.18pp | ||
| 1992 | 2.9% | -0.35pp | ||
| 1991 | 3.3% | -0.05pp | ||
| 1990 | 3.3% | +0.15pp | ||
| 1989 | 3.2% | +0.84pp | ||
| 1988 | 2.3% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1987 | 2.3% | +0.28pp | ||
| 1986 | 2.0% | -0.33pp | ||
| 1985 | 2.4% | — |
- 20251.3%-1.34pp
- 20242.6%+0.55pp
- 20232.1%-0.72pp
- 20222.8%+0.26pp
- 20212.5%+0.42pp
- 20202.1%+0.26pp
- 20191.8%-0.30pp
- 20182.1%+0.03pp
- 20172.1%-0.87pp
- 20163.0%-0.26pp
- 20153.3%+0.36pp
- 20142.9%+0.12pp
- 20132.8%-0.09pp
- 20122.9%+1.44pp
- 20111.4%-1.24pp
- 20102.7%+1.24pp
- 20091.4%-1.80pp
- 20083.2%-0.14pp
- 20073.4%-0.02pp
- 20063.4%+0.02pp
- 20053.4%+1.87pp
- 20041.5%-1.00pp
- 20032.5%-2.47pp
- 20025.0%+0.26pp
- 20014.7%-0.17pp
- 20004.9%+0.20pp
- 19994.7%+0.49pp
- 19984.2%+0.23pp
- 19974.0%+0.51pp
- 19963.4%+0.01pp
- 19953.4%+0.17pp
- 19943.3%+0.15pp
- 19933.1%+0.18pp
- 19922.9%-0.35pp
- 19913.3%-0.05pp
- 19903.3%+0.15pp
- 19893.2%+0.84pp
- 19882.3%+0.00pp
- 19872.3%+0.28pp
- 19862.0%-0.33pp
- 19852.4%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Kroger's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Kroger (KR)
According to Kroger's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 1.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Kroger (KR) operating margin is 1.28% – contracted 1.3 percentage points year-over-year.
2002 marks the peak operating margin at 4.97%, with the historical low of 1.28% recorded in 2025.
Kroger Operating Margin by Year
Kroger Operating Margin 2025: 1.3%
2025's operating margin for Kroger came in at 1.28%, contracted 1.3 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Kroger Operating Margin 2024: 2.6%
Kroger posted operating margin of 2.62% in 2024, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Kroger Operating Margin 2023: 2.1%
In 2023, Kroger reported operating margin of 2.06%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2022.
Kroger Operating Margin 2022: 2.8%
Kroger operating margin in 2022 was 2.78%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2021.
Kroger Operating Margin 2021: 2.5%
Kroger operating margin in 2021 was 2.52%.
See more financial history for Kroger (KR).
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