Evidence in favour
- Participation spans 14 named insiders rather than one filing source.
Company insider dossier
Kroger Company insider intelligence
KR filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.
20/100
Concentrated distribution
60/100 confidence- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Grocery Stores
- Latest evidence
- 1 Sep 2026
Investment committee read
Concentrated distribution
Priced common-share disposals are concentrated enough to warrant review, but they are not treated as a standalone bearish forecast.
Review exposure and filing contextDecision risks
- Qualifying disposal events outnumber acquisitions, although disposals receive a lower directional weight.
- Most filings are awards, derivatives, unpriced common shares, or other securities and remain contextual.
- The latest qualifying filing is more than 30 days old.
Price confirmation map
Weekly price with common-share events
Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.
Mar 2025Sep 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal
Market confirmation
Price and trend context
- Latest close
- 60.00 USD
- One-week move
- +2.6%
- Four-week move
- +3.6%
- Fair-value gap
- +2.7%
- Trend signal
- Inactive
- Relative strength
- -13.7
Directional balance
Controlled event mix
0.0%acquisition
- Acquisition events
- 0
- Disposal events
- 4
- Net value
- -$1.7M
Cadence
Twelve-week filing pressure
Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.
006 Jul
1313 Jul
020 Jul
027 Jul
003 Aug
010 Aug
017 Aug
024 Aug
431 Aug
007 Sep
014 Sep
021 Sep
Named participants
Insider conviction by person
CHAO, ELAINE L.Director500 events
AUFREITER, NORA ADirector500 events
GATES, ANNEDirector500 events
SARGENT, RONALDDirector500 events
SUTTON, MARK SDirector500 events
BROWN, KEVIN MDirector500 events
BUTIER, MITCHELL RDirector500 events
HOGUET, KAREN MDirector500 events
SOURRY, KNOX JUDITH AMANDADirector500 events
VEMURI, ASHOKDirector500 events
COSSET, YAELExecutive Vice President281 events
FIKE, CARIN LVice President and Treasurer281 events
Evidence quality
Security and transaction context
Role architecture
Who is participating
Transaction evidence
Auditable KR filing ledger
Showing 1 to 24 of 24.
SARGENT, RONALDDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
462 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$26.8KContext evidence
GATES, ANNEDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
188 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$10.9KContext evidence
AUFREITER, NORA ADirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
73 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$4.2KContext evidence
SUTTON, MARK SDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
50 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$2.9KContext evidence
AUFREITER, NORA ADirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
BROWN, KEVIN MDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
BUTIER, MITCHELL RDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
GATES, ANNEDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
3660 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
Not reportedContext evidence
HOGUET, KAREN MDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
SARGENT, RONALDDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
7916 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
SOURRY, KNOX JUDITH AMANDADirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
SUTTON, MARK SDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
VEMURI, ASHOKDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
3660 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
FIKE, CARIN LVice President and Treasurer
DisposalCommon equity
56 sharesCommon Stock
$3.2KDirectional evidence
COSSET, YAELExecutive Vice President
DisposalCommon equity
30000 sharesCommon Stock
$1.8MDirectional evidence
SHAFFER, MEGAN N.Group Vice President
DisposalCommon equity
466 sharesCommon Stock
$27.6KDirectional evidence
NICHOLS, BRIAN WGroup VP & Controller
DisposalCommon equity
96 sharesCommon Stock
$5.7KDirectional evidence
BUTIER, MITCHELL RDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
289 sharesCommon Stock
Not reportedContext evidence
SARGENT, RONALDChairman of the Board
AcquisitionEquity compensation
388 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$23.9KContext evidence
GATES, ANNEDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
138 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$8.5KContext evidence
CHAO, ELAINE L.Director
AcquisitionEquity compensation
88 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$5.4KContext evidence
AUFREITER, NORA ADirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
61 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$3.8KContext evidence
SUTTON, MARK SDirector
AcquisitionEquity compensation
42 sharesPhantom Stock - Incentive Shares
$2.6KContext evidence
CHAO, ELAINE L.Director
AcquisitionEquity compensation
388 sharesPhantom Stock - Deferred Comp
$26.3KContext evidence
Reading the dossier
Direction and confidence are separate
Conviction
The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.
Confidence
Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.
Disposals
Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.
Price confirmation
The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.
Independent market research for education. This classification is not investment advice, a recommendation, a forecast, or an execution instruction.