Kroger Ownership | Who Owns Kroger?

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Kroger Ownership Summary

Kroger is owned by 58.59% institutional investors, 8.79% insiders, and 32.62% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.78% of KR shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.12% of its assets in Kroger shares.

KR Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Kroger	58.59%	8.79%	32.62%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.19%	16.40%	50.41%
Industry	Grocery Stores Stocks	29.46%	16.97%	53.57%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	77.17M	11.78%	$4.82B
Blackrock	61.78M	8.57%	$3.08B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	54.25M	8.28%	$3.39B
Berkshire hathaway	50.00M	7.55%	$3.37B
Wellington management group llp	33.37M	5.04%	$2.25B
State street	31.95M	4.83%	$2.15B
Geode capital management	16.23M	2.48%	$1.01B
Fmr	13.65M	2.06%	$920.39M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	12.24M	1.87%	$764.93M
Gqg partners	12.04M	1.82%	$811.42M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Element capital management	60.20K	5.75%	$4.06M
Maj invest	1.52M	4.43%	$95.23M
Gill capital partners	200.02K	3.79%	$12.50M
Cambridge financial group	129.88K	3.39%	$8.76M
Palmer knight	102.48K	3.36%	$6.40M
Liberty one investment management	857.67K	3.25%	$57.83M
Auxier asset management	368.54K	2.91%	$18.40M
Kesler, norman & wride	264.88K	2.84%	$16.55M
Tobam	111.48K	2.72%	$7.51M
Spring capital management	86.05K	2.72%	$5.38M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	33.37M	0.39%	12.65M
Norges bank	7.53M	0.05%	7.53M
Blackrock	61.78M	0.07%	4.62M
Fmr	13.65M	0.05%	1.28M
Alyeska investment group	2.99M	0.61%	1.01M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital world investors	-	-	-8.36M
Point72 asset management	-	-	-2.13M
Voloridge investment management	-	-	-1.95M
Royal bank of canada	3.03M	0.03%	-1.78M
Worldquant millennium advisors	850.20K	0.25%	-1.57M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	7.53M	0.05%	7.53M	$470.56M
Capitolis liquid global markets	847.74K	0.46%	847.74K	$57.15M
Axa investment managers	337.35K	0.06%	337.35K	$22.74M
Hallmark capital management	316.67K	1.27%	316.67K	$19.79M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	297.48K	0.17%	297.48K	$14.85M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Frazier financial advisors	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Trunorth capital management	-2.00
Koesten, hirschmann & crabtree	-2.00
New millennium group	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	1,156	-17.55%	383,762,100	-29.48%	58	0.87%	552	-13.88%	411	-18.29%
Sep 30, 2025	1,340	-7.46%	534,039,619	-4.25%	80	1.13%	604	-9.58%	484	-6.92%
Jun 30, 2025	1,434	2.50%	557,468,579	-1.48%	84	1.35%	659	-1.20%	516	5.09%
Mar 31, 2025	10	-99.25%	3,301,899	-99.43%	-	0.01%	4	-99.40%	3	-99.31%
Dec 31, 2024	967	-21.45%	364,673,603	-36.12%	50	0.81%	487	-17.18%	312	-25.71%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	20.57M	3.12%	14.15K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	18.80M	2.97%	41.77K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	14.54M	2.30%	97.09K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	12.92M	2.04%	-67.51K
Vanguard Wellington™ Inv	9.60M	1.45%	9.60M
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	8.28M	1.26%	-121.21K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	7.77M	1.23%	888.00K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	8.07M	1.22%	-42.23K
Fidelity 500 Index	7.71M	1.22%	28.26K
American Funds Capital World Gr&Inc A	7.96M	1.20%	-2.16M

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jul 16, 2025	MOORE CLYDE R	-	Sell	$272.83K
Jul 11, 2025	MOORE CLYDE R	-	Sell	$1.89M
Jun 27, 2025	Adcock Mary Ellen	Executive Vice President	Sell	$2.44M
Jun 25, 2025	Arreaga Gabriel	Executive Vice President	Sell	$2.75M
Jun 23, 2025	Massa Timothy A	Executive Vice President	Sell	$622.71K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	-
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	2
2025 Q2	-	16
2025 Q1	-	19

KR Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Kroger?

Kroger shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 58.59%, followed by 8.79% insiders and 32.62% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Kroger's industry, Grocery Stores Stocks , is 29.46%, which Kroger exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Kroger?

Kroger’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (77.17M shares, 11.78%), Blackrock (61.78M shares, 8.57%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (54.25M shares, 8.28%). Together, they hold 28.63% of Kroger’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Kroger?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.57% of Kroger, totaling 61.78M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.07% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.08B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 4.62M shares, a 8.08% change.

Who is Kroger’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Element capital management is Kroger’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 5.75% of its assets in 60.2K Kroger shares, valued at 4.06M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Kroger shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Kroger shares, with 3.12% of its total shares outstanding invested in 20.57M Kroger shares.

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