KR - Kroger

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  1. T0rm3nted

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    The Kroger Company is an American retailer founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the country's largest supermarket chain by revenue ($103,033,000,000 for 2014), second-largest general retailer (behind Walmart), and twenty-third largest company. Kroger is also the fifth largest retailer in the world. As of December 2015, Kroger operates, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,620 supermarkets and multi-department stores. Kroger's headquarters are in downtown Cincinnati. It maintains markets in 34 states, with store formats that include supermarkets, superstores, department stores, 786 convenience stores, and 326 jewelry stores. Kroger-branded grocery stores are located throughout the Midwestern and Southern United States. Kroger operates 37 food processing or manufacturing facilities, 1,360 supermarket fuel centers and 2,122 pharmacies.

    Kroger's employees are mostly represented by collective bargaining agreements (union employees). Seventy-five percent of Kroger employees are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union.
     
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    Reported before open today (6/16/16)
    Earnings: EPS $0.70 Revenue $34.604B
    Estimates: EPS $0.69 Revenue $34.663B

    Up 2.18% today so far
     
  3. JaysonW

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    KR at 52-week lows today. I bought a small amount at $29.74.
     
  4. StockJock-e

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    Going to live up to you name?

    Fingers crossed!
     
  5. JaysonW

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    ...and I'm out at $29.94. Got cold feet on this one because don't know anything about grocery stocks except it looks like they're going to be in a slump for a while.
     
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    KR trading ahead of the market on strong volume

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  7. Brendan Cowie

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    I am holding 10 Jan 30$ calls on this

    Got 5 today and 5 earlier this week

    I want at least 4$ on the calls
     
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    Still in
    nice breakout
     
  10. LloydWCoutee

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    gonna break 32, hope it holds
     
  11. Brendan Cowie

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    Current holdings on KR, also got a GPS short I entered on Monday

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  12. T0rm3nted

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    Upcoming dividend information:

    Ex-Div-Date
    : 11/10/16
    Payment Date: 12/1/16
    Dividend: $0.12
    Current Price: $32.22
    Annual Yield: 1.49%
     
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    Smack down this morning

    Kroger Stock Tanks After Grocer Cuts Full-Year Guidance
     
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    Being the contrarion I am, yall know the rest of the story. ☺☺
     
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    Another down day:

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    Bought to open some JAN 19 $25 calls this afternoon.

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    Who would have guessed this sector would act like this!?
     
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    Consolidation setting up nice for a big explosive upside breakout. Most expect retail is dead but consumers are just getting started.
     
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    Up nearly 7% pre-market due to takeover talks with Target (TGT).

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  20. KyleLennon

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    Kroger faces intense competition from big players such as Amazon, Wal-Mart, Safeway and Supervalu, other conventional retailers. Kroger quarterly revenue growth was 4.50%, but its profitability is dropping.
     

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