For the loyal readers of GBA in case you don't look at the other threads here... I'm cutting and pasting this one as I feel it's a great stock for the perhaps uncertain times ahead. Low beta stocks are stealthily rising, WMT hit $157+, GE hit a new high... I think the whales are posturing out of tech and into safer waters to a degree I think. https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/kroger-is-a-steal-compared-to-walmart.374955/ From the new thread: Kroger reported yesterday and it got hammered because the ceo merely "confirmed" guidance. In the past it has always up'd guidance and that's what the Street expected. It doesn't matter. It was a great report. I did some homework and I can't believe my eyes. Either WMT is way overpriced, or Krogers is dirt cheap. There is not one metric where Krogers isn't better. Maybe the net margin, but they even improved that. And FCF went up huge. They paid down a lot of debt. Look at this: WMT forward PE 25 KR PE forward PE 10 WMT 5 year projected eps growth:5.9% KR 5 year projected eps growth: 12% WMT Price/cashflow 18 KR Price/cashflow 6.45 WMT P/S .67 KR P/S .23 WMT EV/EBITDA 12.7 KR EV/EBITDA 6.38 WMT dividend: 1.45% KR dividend: 2.26% WMT ROE 15% KR ROE 22.8% WMT net profit margin 1.8% KR net profit margin 1.6% I mean in uncertain times Wall Street loves safe stocks... and I understand why they love Walmart... but Kroger is here to stay too. It's a well run conservative company and right now at $45.50, I think it's a steal for any IRA or retirement account. ~vz EDIT: Another one to look at before their earning on July 19th(?) would be Abbott. $103 looks safe.
There's a huge iceberg on Kroger at $46 it has tried and failed to get thru for two days. When that gets taken out it should start climbing nicely.
Ask yourself why the city would install a camera on a light post staring at the yard the supposed Aliens were in....
Ask yourself why would a special detective from the IT dept be called to the scene of no apparent crime to change everyone's dash cams and body cams and to wip away 16 minutes- WTF! What are they covering up?