Kroger

KR • NYSE

Kroger is a grocery stores company in the consumer defensive sector on NYSE, led by W. Rodney McMullen, with a market cap of $41.8B. As of Q3 2025, 82% of shares are held by 1,303 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 11.51%.

Chief Executive OfficerW. Rodney McMullen

Market Cap$41.8B

Grocery Stores

Consumer Defensive

Employees414.0K

Websitethekrogerco.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in KR as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $44.7B

All Institutions

Institutions: 1,303
Value Held: $36.5B
Shares Held: 542.1M
Avg Position: $28.0M
Median Position: $800.0K

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 67
Value Held: $982.7M
Shares Held: 14.6M
Avg Position: $14.7M
Median Position: $2.2M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

79.54%

$35.5B

Hedge Funds

2.2%

$982.7M

Retail & Other

18.26%

$8.2B

Based on market cap of $44.7B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in KR as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$5.1B 0.08% of portfolio	11.51% 76.3M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$3.7B 0.07% of portfolio	8.28% 54.9M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC Institution	Warren E. Buffett CEO	$3.4B 1.26% of portfolio	7.55% 50.0M shares	Q4 2019 Held for 5y 11m	$267.33B
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	Edmund Wellington Iii President	$2.2B 0.39% of portfolio	5.04% 33.4M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$571.21B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$2.2B 0.07% of portfolio	4.82% 31.9M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$1.1B 0.07% of portfolio	2.49% 16.5M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
FMR LLC Institution	-	$920.4M 0.05% of portfolio	2.06% 13.7M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.92T
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	Gerard Kieran O'Reilly CEO	$816.9M 0.18% of portfolio	1.83% 12.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$466.32B
GQG Partners LLC Long Only Manager	Timothy Jacob Carver CEO	$811.4M 1.25% of portfolio	1.82% 12.0M shares	Q2 2025 Held for 5 months	$65.1B
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$752.2M 0.05% of portfolio	1.68% 11.2M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.65T

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for KR in Q3 2025

Net Flow: −$830.6M
Buyers: 539
Sellers: 616
Total Bought: +$2.6B
Total Sold: −$3.4B
Avg Position: $26.9M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO LLP Long Only Manager	+$852.9M +12.7M shares	$2.2B 33.4M shares
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Institution	+$185.4M +2.7M shares	$568.8M 8.4M shares
A Allianz Asset Management AG Institution	+$141.2M +2.1M shares	$354.2M 5.3M shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$86.4M +1.3M shares	$920.4M 13.7M shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	+$79.0M +1.2M shares	$752.2M 11.2M shares
A Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$68.1M +1.0M shares	$201.7M 3.0M shares
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC Fund of Funds	+$62.7M +930.8K shares	$189.8M 2.8M shares
River Road Asset Management, LLC Long Only Manager	+$59.3M +879.7K shares	$85.6M 1.3M shares
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$58.3M +865.6K shares	$426.5M 6.3M shares
A Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Institution	+$52.6M +780.6K shares	$62.2M 922.5K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
C Capital World Investors Institution	−$599.5M −8.4M shares	Sold Off 0 shares
CITIGROUP INC Institution	−$278.7M −4.1M shares	$59.7M 885.8K shares
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC Institution	−$143.9M −2.1M shares	$134.3M 2.0M shares
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$133.1M −2.0M shares	$38.9M 577.0K shares
R ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Institution	−$120.1M −1.8M shares	$204.0M 3.0M shares
WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$105.9M −1.6M shares	$57.3M 850.2K shares
UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC Long Only Manager	−$90.8M −1.3M shares	$395.0M 5.9M shares
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	−$88.1M −1.3M shares	$35.6M 527.9K shares
I Investec Asset Management LTD Long Only Manager	−$86.0M −1.2M shares	Sold Off 0 shares
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	−$84.7M −1.3M shares	$90.5M 1.3M shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited KR in Q3 2025

New Positions: 43
New Value: $107.5M
Exited Positions: 133
Exited Value: $1.3B

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
C Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC Private Equity	$57.1M 847.7K shares
PLATINUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD Long Only Manager	$28.7M 425.6K shares
L Longbow Finance SA Institution	$7.1M 105.5K shares
CONSOLIDATED PLANNING CORP RIA/Wealth	$5.6M 82.9K shares
T TEMA ETFS LLC Institution	$1.7M 25.3K shares
Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC Long Only Manager	$1.1M 15.7K shares
B BTS Asset Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	$1.0M 14.9K shares
Whitaker-Myers Wealth Managers, LTD. RIA/Wealth	$819.0K 12.2K shares
TrueWealth Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$773.1K 11.5K shares
Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC RIA/Wealth	$652.6K 9.7K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
C Capital World Investors Institution	$599.5M 8.4M shares
I Investec Asset Management LTD Long Only Manager	$86.0M 1.2M shares
SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$77.1M 1.1M shares
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$65.4M 912.4K shares
SOUND SHORE MANAGEMENT INC /CT/ Long Only Manager	$63.7M 888.5K shares
H HRT FINANCIAL LLC Institution	$58.5M 815.6K shares
A AMF Pensionsforsakring AB Institution	$55.8M 777.2K shares
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	$53.3M 742.6K shares
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$49.0M 682.6K shares
A AXA Institution	$22.9M 319.1K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in KR as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 35
Call Value: $380.1M
Put Positions: 38
Put Value: $362.0M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$133.3M 19.8K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$54.5M 8.1K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$31.6M 4.7K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$18.9M 2.8K contracts
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$16.4M 2.4K contracts
P Parallax Volatility Advisers, LLC Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$13.9M 2.1K contracts
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$10.2M 1.5K contracts
Q Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Institution	$10.0M 1.5K contracts
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$9.2M 1.4K contracts
Caption Management, LLC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$8.1M 1.2K contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$94.2M 14.0K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$58.4M 8.7K contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$41.6M 6.2K contracts
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$20.0M 3.0K contracts
N NOMURA HOLDINGS INC Institution	$18.9M 2.8K contracts
CITIGROUP INC Institution	$15.5M 2.3K contracts
H HSBC HOLDINGS PLC Institution	$13.2M 2.0K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$12.2M 1.8K contracts
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$7.8M 1.2K contracts
Verition Fund Management LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$7.2M 1.1K contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with KR as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
ELEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	Jeffrey Marc Talpins CEO	5.75% $4.1M	0.01% 60.2K shares	Q1 2025 Held for 8 months	$70.6M
K Kesler, Norman & Wride, LLC RIA/Wealth	Paul M. Norman Managing Partner	4.18% $21.3M	0.05% 348.5K shares	Q1 2021 Held for 4y 8m	$509.8M
GILL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC RIA/Wealth	Leslie Squires Rojas CCO	4.17% $13.5M	0.03% 200.0K shares	Q1 2022 Held for 3y 8m	$323.7M
Maj Invest Holding A/S Real Assets	Benjamin Jason Weprin CEO	3.76% $110.1M	0.25% 1.6M shares	Q1 2024 Held for 1y 8m	$2.9B
Cambridge Financial Group, Inc. RIA/Wealth	Gregory Joseph Bauer Chairman	3.39% $8.8M	0.02% 129.9K shares	Q4 2024 Held for 11 months	$257.9M
AUXIER ASSET MANAGEMENT RIA/Wealth	James Jeffrey Auxier President	3.34% $23.8M	0.05% 353.3K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$713.5M
P Palmer Knight Co Institution	-	3.28% $6.9M	0.02% 102.6K shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$211.1M
LIBERTY ONE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC RIA/Wealth	Roch Richard Tranel CEO	3.25% $57.8M	0.13% 857.7K shares	Q1 2023 Held for 2y 8m	$1.8B
SPRING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC RIA/Wealth	Richard Earl Mcelreath President	2.88% $5.9M	0.01% 87.4K shares	Q3 2023 Held for 2y 2m	$204.2M
TOBAM Long Only Manager	Yves Louis Choueifaty CEO	2.76% $7.5M	0.02% 111.5K shares	Q1 2016 Held for 9y 8m	$272.0M

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in KR

Alyeska Investment Group, L.P.

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerAnand Christopher Parekh

Portfolio Value: $33.0B
Positions: 575
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Kroger

Market Value: $201.7M
Shares Held: 3.0M
Portfolio Weight: 0.61%
Owned Since: 2024-Q4

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