Kroger cash flow statement
In fiscal 2026, Kroger's operations generated $7.31bn of cash; it spent $3.85bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $3.46bn. It returned $885m in dividends and $2.70bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2010Jan 2010 | 2011Jan 2011 | 2012Jan 2012 | 2013Feb 2013 | 2014Feb 2014 | 2015Jan 2015 | 2016Jan 2016 | 2017Jan 2017 | 2018Feb 2018 | 2019Feb 2019 | 2020Feb 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Feb 2024 | 2025Feb 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMAug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 2,922 | 3,366 | 2,658 | 2,954 | 3,573 | 4,215 | 4,917 | 4,272 | 3,413 | 4,164 | 4,664 | 6,815 | 6,190 | 4,498 | 6,788 | 5,794 | 7,311 | 6,708 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1,525 | 1,600 | 1,638 | 1,652 | 1,703 | 1,948 | 2,089 | 2,340 | 2,436 | 2,465 | 2,649 | 2,747 | 2,824 | 2,965 | 3,125 | 3,246 | 3,332 | 3,230 |
| Stock-based pay | 83 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 107 | 155 | 165 | 141 | 151 | 154 | 155 | 185 | 203 | 190 | 172 | 175 | 157 | 175 |
| Capital spending | 2,297 | 1,919 | 1,898 | 2,062 | 2,330 | 2,831 | 3,349 | 3,699 | 2,809 | 2,967 | 3,128 | 2,865 | 2,614 | 3,078 | 3,904 | 4,017 | 3,855 | 4,324 |
| Free cash flow | 625 | 1,447 | 760 | 892 | 1,243 | 1,384 | 1,568 | 573 | 604 | 1,197 | 1,536 | 3,950 | 3,576 | 1,420 | 2,884 | 1,777 | 3,456 | 2,384 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 542 | 1,368 | 679 | 810 | 1,136 | 1,229 | 1,403 | 432 | 453 | 1,043 | 1,381 | 3,765 | 3,373 | 1,230 | 2,712 | 1,602 | 3,299 | 2,209 |
| Dividends paid | 238 | 250 | 257 | 267 | 319 | 338 | 385 | 429 | 443 | 437 | 486 | 534 | 589 | 682 | 796 | 883 | 885 | 894 |
| Share buybacks | 218 | 545 | 1,547 | 1,261 | 609 | 1,283 | 703 | 1,766 | 1,633 | 2,010 | 465 | 1,324 | 1,647 | 993 | 62 | 4,156 | 2,699 | 3,767 |
| Shares issued | 51 | 29 | 118 | 110 | 196 | 110 | 120 | 68 | 51 | 65 | 55 | 127 | 172 | 134 | 50 | 127 | 182 | 55 |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Nov 2024 | 2025 Q4Feb 2025 | 2026 Q1May 2025 | 2026 Q2Aug 2025 | 2026 Q3Nov 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1May 2026 | 2027 Q2Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 926 | 1,404 | 2,149 | 1,539 | 970 | 2,653 | 1,774 | 1,311 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 757 | 760 | 1,051 | 778 | 782 | 722 | 989 | 737 |
| Stock-based pay | 44 | 42 | 38 | 45 | 37 | 37 | 57 | 44 |
| Capital spending | 954 | 884 | 1,044 | 924 | 941 | 946 | 1,293 | 1,144 |
| Free cash flow | −28 | 520 | 1,105 | 615 | 29 | 1,707 | 481 | 167 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −72 | 478 | 1,067 | 570 | −8 | 1,670 | 424 | 123 |
| Shares issued | 13 | 21 | 145 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 30 | 6 |
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