There is a mistake in the PR. Kroger has *2,532* stores. This is the validation for ATCO's HSS that we, and the market, have been awaiting. AND, as Jackie used to say....HOW SWEET IT IS! This is only the beginning.
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The Kroger Co. [FJWRSFX]
N MARKET GUIDE INC G K Copyright (c) 2005, Market Guide Inc., All rights reserved G TABLE OF CONTENTS L Ous;KR[MG]/2 L<<< Company Description Ous;KR[MG]/3 L<<< Quarterly Summary Ous;KR[MG]/4 L<<< Company To Industry Ratio Comparison Ous;KR[MG]/5 L<<< Share Ownership & Price Performance Ous;KR[MG]/6 L<<< Capitalization, Officers & Address Ous;KR[MG]/7 L<<< Annual Income Statements Ous;KR[MG]/8 L<<< Annual Income Statements - Continued Ous;KR[MG]/9 L<<< Quarterly & Year To Date Income Statements Ous;KR[MG]/10 L<<< Annual & Quarterly Balance Sheets Ous;KR[MG]/11 L<<< Annual & Year To Date Statement of Cash Flows G G G OComplete Financials: G May 2005 OExchange G NYSE O G OFY END G JAN L ISSUE DATA (08/19/05) PER SHARE DATA RATIOS OPrice $ G 19.70 OEPS (TTM) $ G -0.10 OP/E (TTM) G NM O52W High $ G 20.00 ODiv. Rate $ G 0.00 OYield G NA % O52W Low $ G 14.65 OBook Value $ G 5.13 OPrice/Book G 3.84 OShrs Out G 723.98 Mil OCash $ G 0.19 OROE (TTM) G -1.73 % OFloat G 664.20 Mil ORev (TTM) $ G 77.96 OROA (TTM) G -0.34 % OMon. Vol G 67.10 Mil O G OCurr. Ratio G 0.97 OBeta G 0.51 O G OLT Dbt/Eqty G 2.01 O BRIEF: G The Kroger Co. is a supermarket grocery retailer G andalso a manufacturer and processer of food for sale by its G supermarkets. The Company operates 2,532 supermarkets. For G the 16 weeks ended 5/21/05, sales rose 6% to $17.95B. Net G income rose 12% to $294.3M. Revenues reflect higher G comparable food store sales and the opening of new stores. G Earnings also benefited from lower operating expenses as a G percentage of sales and debt levels. G
G L HISTORICAL QUARTERLY RESULTS ($000) LREVENUE 2003 2004 2005 2006 O1st Qtr MAY G 15,667 16,266 16,905 17,948 O2nd Qtr JUL G 11,927 12,351 12,980 O3rd Qtr OCT G 11,696 12,141 12,854 O4th Qtr JAN G 12,470 13,033 13,695 LEPS (U.S. Dollars per share) O1st Qtr MAY G 0.400 0.460 0.350 0.400 O2nd Qtr JUL G 0.330 0.250 0.190 O3rd Qtr OCT G 0.330 0.150 0.190 O4th Qtr JAN G 0.490 -0.460 -0.890 G G FY'99 = 4 weeks it is a transition period for the new FY G end the Sat. nearest JAN 31. FY'01 & Q's are restated and G reclassified. FY'02, '03 & '03 Qs are restated. G L DIVIDENDS EMPLOYEES O Last Dividend Decl. G $ NA O # Employees G 289,000 O Last Div Ex-Date G NA O Sales/Employee (TTM) G 198,882 O Last Div Pay Date G NA O Net. Income/Empl.(TTM G) NM LCOMPANY COMPARISON TO THE RETAILING AND S&P 500 AGGREGATES LVALUATION RATIOS: COMPANY INDUSTRY S&P 500 OP/E Ratio G NM 21.72 22.39 ODividend Yield G NA 1.09 2.09 OPrice to Tangible Book G 9.41 4.87 7.38 OPrice to Book G 3.84 4.09 4.32 OPrice to Free Cash Flow G 18.62 25.93 27.72 LGROWTH STATISTICS: O3 Yr Rev Growth G 4.05 10.44 10.70 O3 Yr EPS Growth G NM 19.22 20.86 O3 Yr Div Growth G NM 15.23 10.76 OReinvestment Rate G 100.00 83.54 70.96 LPROFITABILITY RATIOS: ONet Profit Margin G -0.12 4.34 13.26 OReturn on Equity G -1.73 16.54 18.81 OInterest Coverage G 1.61 15.60 13.01 LFINANCIAL STRENGTH RATIOS: OCurrent Ratio G 0.97 1.52 1.66 OLT Debt to Equity G 2.01 0.52 0.75 OTotal Debt to Equity G 2.03 0.64 0.92 L INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP INSIDER TRADING (Prev. 6 months) G O % Shares Out. Owned G 79.01 % ONet Insider Trades G -13 O # of Institutions G 897 O# Buy Transactions G 1 O Total Shs Held G 571.987 Mil O# Sell Transactions G 14 O 3 Mo. Net Purch. G -5.544 Mil ONet Shares Bought G-0.240 Mil O 3 Mo. Shs Purch. G 48.891 Mil O# Shares Bought G 0.003 Mil O 3 Mo. Shs Sold G 54.435 Mil O# Shares Sold G 0.243 Mil G O 4 Week Price % Change G 1.0% O 4 Week Rel. Price % Change G 2.2% O 13 Week Price % Change G 15.2% O 13 Week Rel. Price % Change G 12.3% O 26 Week Price % Change G 9.6% O 26 Week Rel. Price % Change G 7.9% O 52 Week Price % Change G 20.9% O 52 Week Rel. Price % Change G 8.9% OYTD Week Price % Change G 12.3% OYTD Week Rel. Price % Change G 11.6% G L SHORT INTEREST O Current month G 12.386 Mil O Previous month G 14.201 Mil O Avg Daily Vol. G 4.742 Mil G LMARKET MAKERS: G NYSE OEQUITY: GCommon Stock $1 Par, 5/05, 1B auth., 921M issd., less 198M Gshares in Treas. @ $3.30B. Insiders own 1%(incl. 5.4M shs Gin options). The Kroger Co. Saving Plan owns 8%. PO 2/93, G12.5M shares @ $16 by Goldman Sachs & Co. 6/99, 4/97, 9/86, G2-for-1 stock splits. FY'02 Q's are reclassified. FY'03 Gand Q's are restatedment for changes in accounting policy. G G G G G G O ADDRESS & PHONE NUMBERS GThe Kroger Co. G1014 Vine Street GCincinnati, OH 45202 GPHONE: (513) 762-4000 G FAX: (513) 762-1575 G G LANNUAL INCOME STATEMENT ($000) L 52W 02/02/02 52W 02/01/03 52W 01/31/04 52W 01/29/05 L RSTD01/31/04 RSTD01/31/04 OSales G 50,098 51,760 53,791 56,434 O Total Revenue G 50,098 51,760 53,791 56,434 OMerchandise Costs G 36,398 37,810 39,637 42,140 OSell./Gen./Admin. G 9,483 9,618 10,354 10,611 ORent G 655 660 657 680 ODepreciation G 973 1,087 1,209 1,256 OAmort Goodwill G 103 0 0 0 OUnusual Inc./Expense G 41 16 444 900 OAsset Impairment G 91 0 120 0 O Total Expenses G 47,744 49,191 52,421 55,587 O Operating Income G 2,354 2,569 1,370 847
LANNUAL INCOME STATEMENT ($000) (Contd.) L 52W 02/02/02 52W 02/01/03 52W 01/31/04 52W 01/29/05 L RSTD01/31/04 RSTD01/31/04 O Operating Income G 2,354 2,569 1,370 847 OInterest, Expense G -648 -619 -604 -557 OInterest Income G 0 0 0 0 O Income Before Taxes G 1,706 1,950 766 290 OIncome Taxes G 666 732 454 390 O Income After Taxes G 1,040 1,218 312 -100 OPreferred Dividends G 0 0 0 0 O Pri/Bas EPS Ex. XOrd G 1.293 1.564 0.418 -0.136 ODiscontinued Ops. G 0 0 0 0 OAccounting Change G 0 -16 0 0 OExtraordinary Item G 0 0 0 0 O Pri/Bas EPS In. XOrd G 1.293 1.543 0.418 -0.136 OPrimary/Basic Avg Sh G 804.50 778.80 747.20 736.40 OCommon Dividends/Shr G 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
LSELECTED INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS ($000) L QUARTERS YEAR TO DATE L 16W 05/22/04 16W 05/21/05 16W 05/22/04 16W 05/21/05 ORevenue G 16,905 17,948 16,905 17,948 OOperating Expenses G 16,316 17,330 16,316 17,330 O Operating Income G 589 618 589 618 ONon-Operating Income G 0 0 0 0 ONon-Operating Expenses G -172 -159 -172 -159 O Income Before Taxes G 417 459 417 459 OIncome Taxes G 154 165 154 165 OAdjustments to Income G 0 0 0 0 O Inc. for Primary EPS G 263 294 263 294 O Pri/Bas EPS Ex. XOrd G 0.355 0.405 0.355 0.405 ODisc Opns + Xord Items G 0 0 0 0 O Pri/Bas EPS In. XOrd G 0.355 0.405 0.355 0.405 OPrimary/Basic Avg Sh G 740.50 726.90 740.50 726.90 O Dilutd EPS Excl XOrd G 0.351 0.401 0.351 0.401 O Dilutd EPS Incl XOrd G 0.351 0.401 0.351 0.401 OCommon Dividends/Shr G 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
LSELECTED BALANCE SHEET ITEMS ($000) L YEAR ENDING QUARTER ENDING L 01/31/04 01/29/05 05/22/04 05/21/05 OCash & ST Investments G 159 144 143 135 OReceivables G 740 828 629 616 O Total Current Assets G 6,198 6,406 5,838 5,872 OLT Investments G 0 0 0 0 OFixed Assets G 11,178 11,497 11,256 11,466 O Total Assets G 20,763 20,491 20,477 19,924 OAccounts Payable G 3,637 3,778 3,451 3,445 OST Debt & Curr LTD G 248 71 255 71 O Total Current Liab. G 6,165 6,316 6,046 6,029 OLT Debt & Cap Leases G 8,116 7,900 7,757 7,433 O Total Liabilities G 16,778 16,951 16,363 16,218 OPreferred Stock G 0 0 0 0 OCommon/Paid In Capital G 3,295 3,350 0 3,369 ORetained Earnings G 3,641 3,541 0 3,835 O Total Equity G 3,985 3,540 4,113 3,706 OShares Outstanding G 743 728 738 723
LSELECTED STMT OF CASH FLOWS - INDIRECT METHOD ($000) L ANNUAL YEAR TO DATE L 52W 01/31/04 52W 01/29/05 16W 05/22/04 16W 05/21/05 ONet Income G 312 -100 263 294 ODepreciation & Amort. G 1,653 2,113 372 389 ONon Cash Items G 505 338 58 9 O Total Operating CF G 2,215 2,330 941 973 OCapital Expenditures G -2,000 -1,634 -453 -401 O Total Investing CF G -2,026 -1,608 -447 -377 ODividends Paid G 0 0 0 0 OSale (Purch.) of Stock G -262 -294 -106 -131 ONet Borrowings G -50 -438 -400 -474 O Total Financing CF G -201 -737 -510 -605 OExchange Rate Effect G 0 0 0 0 ONet Change In Cash G -12 -15 -16 -9 OOper CF-Cap Exp-Div Pd G 215 696 488 572 |