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Bartosiak: Trading Kroger's (KR) Earnings with Options

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On Thursday, June 15th, Kroger (KR - Free Report) will release its first quarter earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 3 (Hold), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of B.

In our video David will take a look at the current state of Kroger, their past earnings announcements, and he’ll give us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings call. Furthermore, David will also give us insight on how to play the options market.

Kroger in Focus

Kroger Company is one of the larger grocery retailers in the United States. The company also manufactures and processes food for sale by its supermarkets. The company intends to develop new food and convenience store locations and will continue to assess existing stores as to possible replacement, remodeling, enlarging, or closing.

Kroger is expected to report earnings at $1.58 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter they reported earnings at $2.10, beating expectations by $0.08. Their average EPS surprise is -2.77%.

Kroger Company (The) Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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Bottom Line

How should investors play Kroger ahead of their earnings report? For insights on the best options trades, then tune in 1:00pm CST today to see David’s thoughts.

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