Kroger (KR) insider buying and selling
Every Table I transaction reported by directors and officers of S&P 500 companies on SEC Form 4 filings (2 business days to file): each row labeled with its official transaction code, nothing filtered out beforehand.
Open-market purchases (code P) are the rare signal, in green; sales (code S) are common and often pre-scheduled (10b5-1). Table II (derivatives) is not included: its prices are exercise prices, not market values. Guide: insider buying.
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The Kroger Co. (KR) insider buying and selling: no purchases, 2 sales
82 Form 4 Table I transactions filed with the SEC by The Kroger Co. insiders between 2025-09-16 and 2026-09-28 (15-month history): 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales, plus 80 transactions under other Form 4 codes, broken down one by one below. The largest open-market trade is a sale of $4.4M by Adcock Mary Ellen on 2026-09-18.
Kroger insider buying and selling over the last 12 months
Between Oct 21, 2025 and Oct 20, 2026, Kroger insiders filed 2 sales worth $6.2M on the open market, and no purchases.
The biggest seller was Adcock Mary Ellen (Executive Vice President): $4.4M in 1 sale, out of 2 different sellers.
The largest trade of the period was a sale of $4.4M on Sep 18, 2026, by Adcock Mary Ellen (Executive Vice President). Form 4 on sec.gov (0001676766-26-000006).
None of the 2 sales carries the 10b5-1 plan flag on the Form 4 (sales scheduled months ahead).
The last three months show 1 sale, against 1 in the three before. The latest sale from Sep 18, 2026.
Against its sector (Consumer Defensive, 33 companies with an insider page on this site), over the same dates the median is 5 sales and 1 purchase on the open market. Kroger has more sales than 2 of the other 32, ranks 18 of 33 by net dollars sold, and 17 of the 33 have at least one purchase.
The 20 most important trades
With no open-market purchases, the table starts with KR's sales, largest first. The full history is in the tool above, already searched.
See all 82 KR trades in the full history →
| Trade date | Filed | Insider | Role | Amount | Code | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-21 | Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | $4.4M | S — Open-market sale3 Form 4 footnotesF1 The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $60.690 to $60.755, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Kroger Co., any security holder of The Kroger Co., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above. F2 The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $60.630 to $60.690, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Kroger Co., any security holder of The Kroger Co., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above. F3 The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $60.660 to $60.690, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Kroger Co., any security holder of The Kroger Co., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above. | SEC |
| 2026-07-14 | 2026-07-15 | Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | $1.8M | S — Open-market saleForm 4 footnoteF1 The price reported is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $58.76 to $58.83, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to The Kroger Co., any security holder of The Kroger Co., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Sargent Ronald | Chairman of the Board | $2.0M | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-21 | Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | $1.7M | M — Option exercise | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Kennerley David John Christopher | Executive Vice President & CFO | $585k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | $506k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | $479k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Massa Timothy A | Executive Vice President | $429k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | $392k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Massa Timothy A | Executive Vice President | $338k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | $338k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Arreaga Gabriel | Executive Vice President | $239k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF3 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | 2026-03-11 | Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | $218k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-03-16 | Jabbar Valerie L. | Senior Vice President | $181k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF4 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Jabbar Valerie L. | Senior Vice President | $169k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
| 2026-03-10 | 2026-03-11 | Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | $156k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | 2026-03-11 | Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | $155k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | 2026-03-11 | Massa Timothy A | Executive Vice President | $154k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF1 Payment of tax liability associated with restricted stock. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Arreaga Gabriel | Executive Vice President | $143k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
| 2026-03-12 | 2026-03-16 | Kennerley David John Christopher | Executive Vice President & CFO | $107k | F — Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes)Form 4 footnoteF2 Payment of tax liability associated with share award. | SEC |
The period balance: money in, money out
In the Form 4 filings submitted between Sep 16, 2025 and Sep 28, 2026 there is not one open-market purchase of The Kroger Co.: 2 sales worth $6.2M and zero dollars bought.
Only codes P and S count, where an insider puts in or takes out their own money. A selling balance like The Kroger Co.'s is the norm in the S&P 500, where much of the pay comes as stock. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell: it is what was filed.
Every transaction, code by code
| Code | What it means | Trades | Reported amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Tax withholding (shares surrendered for taxes) | 53 | $8.1M |
| A | Grant or award | 26 | $0 |
| S | Open-market sale | 2 | $6.2M |
| M | Option exercise | 1 | $1.7M |
| Total | Everything filed in the period | 82 | $16.1M |
26 of the 82 rows carry no usable amount on the Form 4: they count as trades and add $0. The code labels come from the SEC index.
Who has traded
Over the 15 months of history, 22 distinct people or entities have filed The Kroger Co. transactions: none bought on the open market and 2 sold. Counted by CIK, the fixed number the SEC gives each filer, and not by name, which each filer types their own way.
| Filer | Role | Transactions | Bought (count) | Sold (count) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adcock Mary Ellen | Executive Vice President | 8 | — | $4.4M (1) | 2026-09-21 |
| Cosset Yael | Executive Vice President | 6 | — | $1.8M (1) | 2026-07-15 |
| Shaffer Megan N. | Group Vice President | 8 | — | — | 2026-09-28 |
| Fike Carin L | Vice President and Treasurer | 7 | — | — | 2026-07-16 |
| Jabbar Valerie L. | Senior Vice President | 6 | — | — | 2026-03-16 |
| Kelley Joseph Michael | Senior Vice President | 6 | — | — | 2026-03-16 |
| Nichols Brian W | Group VP & Controller | 6 | — | — | 2026-07-14 |
| Arreaga Gabriel | Executive Vice President | 5 | — | — | 2026-03-16 |
Shown here are the 8 who moved the most money, out of 22. The rest are in the full history, one link above. The name links to all their trades, in any company. "Transactions" counts any code; the money, open market only. Role: from their latest filing.
Month by month
Across the 15 months of history there are only 2 open-market trades in The Kroger Co., so no calendar is published: 15 rows of zeros would fake a pattern where there is no sample to read. They are listed with their dates in the tables above.
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How to read this data
None of the 2 sales in the table is flagged as scheduled (10b5-1 plan), the kind signed months ahead and executed automatically. Kroger has no open-market purchase (code P) in the history, the most common case in the S&P 500: insiders are already paid in stock. The latest filing is from Sep 28, 2026, and a Form 4 arrives up to two business days after the trade.
19 of the 20 rows in the table carry footnotes from the Form 4 itself, folded into the code column and copied verbatim; a row with no footnote means the filing has none.
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What is behind these trades
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- What the efficiency hypothesis says and what it does NOT sayIf an insider's purchase is public and anyone can read it, is there any information left in it? That is the exact question that brings people here.
- Who really moves the market: the types of investorWho sits on the other side of each order, and where a company's own insiders fit among them.
- Supply, demand and price: why it rises and falls constantlyHow a piece of news ends up inside the price, and why the reaction to a filed sale is rarely the one you would expect.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4. This is a list of public facts, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell.