Kroger stock pops on solid earnings, bucking the market's downward trend

The grocery and pharma businesses are performing steadily, even if the company, with its 2,700 stores, may be running out of spots to build new ones

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The grocery chain Kroger reported fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings Thursday, with some noise in the headline numbers but not enough to distract Wall Street. Kroger stock popped 3.4%, compared to the S&P 500’s move into the red of 0.9% and the Dow's almost 700-point fall.

Full-year earnings per share came in at $1.54, a seemingly big drop from $3.67 last year. But the comparison........

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