08:17 AM EDT, 09/11/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Kroger ( KR ) reported fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings Thursday of $1.04 per diluted share, up from $0.93 a year earlier.

Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.99.

Sales for the fiscal quarter ended Aug. 16 were $33.94 billion, up from $33.91 billion a year earlier.

Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $34.1 billion.

The supermarket chain lifted the lower range of its fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS guidance and now expects adjusted EPS of $4.7 to $4.8, compared with a previous outlook of $4.6 to $4.8. Kroger ( KR ) also raised its fiscal 2025 identical sales without fuel guidance to a range of 2.7% to 3.4% from 2.25% to 3.25% previously.

Analysts polled by FactSet expect adjusted EPS of $4.78.

Shares of the company were up 1.4% in recent premarket activity.