Ticker brief
KR KROGER CO
Consumer, Non-cyclical · Food
last close
$57.72
1 day
+1.4%
14 days
+1.8%
mkt cap
$35.7B
signals 14d
12
authors 14d
9
crowd 14d
+0.7σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 32% mid · 79 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.06× (as of 2026-08-06) |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.045 12 pctile own 1y | puts bid vs calls (downside bid) |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +0.04 thin | 5-session Δ +0.16 (as of 2026-07-06) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2025-12-04 (z=2.9) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-08-16 → 2026-08-27 · now -0.40 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke9
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @TheStreet | C | -0.21 | 2 | -0.10 |
| @Financhle | C | · | 2 | +0.05 |
| @Mark_Lexus | C | -2.15 | 2 | +0.05 |
| @AmineTX | C | -1.82 | 1 | +0.00 |
| @DJ_Tao | C | -1.20 | 1 | +0.45 |
| @CrweWorld | C | · | 1 | -0.20 |
| @CHItrader | B | +0.57 | 1 | +0.30 |
| @tenet_research | C | -0.96 | 1 | +0.40 |
| @TalkMarkets | C | · | 1 | -0.25 |
Recent signals12of 12 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | @Mark_Lexus | -0.40 | Blames Kroger's execution for potential margin failure. | +1.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-25 | @TalkMarkets | -0.25 | Headline says grocery stores are giving a major warning about consumer behavior. | -1.2% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @tenet_research | +0.40 | Kroger and Instacart launch combined grocery and prescription delivery across over 2,200 pharmacies. | -2.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @Financhle | -0.55 | Recaps profitable short-dated out-of-the-money Kroger calls sold short. | -2.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-24 | @CHItrader | +0.30 | Kroger and Instacart expanded grocery and prescription delivery across nearly all US Kroger banners. | -2.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-22 | @TheStreet | -0.30 | Says Kroger may have caused its own customer problem | -0.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-21 | @Mark_Lexus | +0.50 | Discloses taking 20 units of KR after describing it as discounted. | -0.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-21 | @Financhle | +0.65 | Reports a bullish two-leg KR call position at $59 and $60 strikes. | -0.3% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | @CrweWorld | -0.20 | Kroger will pay $75,000 in an EEOC disability discrimination and retaliation case. | +2.9% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @DJ_Tao | +0.45 | Says KR is at an attractive level and could perform well in H2, conditional on inflation. | +1.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @AmineTX | +0.00 | Reports Safeway store closures as Albertsons reshapes after the failed Kroger merger. | +1.8% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-08-16 | @TheStreet | +0.10 | Reports Kroger's CEO criticizing named competitors Costco and Aldi. | +1.8% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.