Kroger falls after quarterly sales miss

Grocery chain Kroger's KR.N shares down nearly 2% at $61.33 premarket

Co posts Q4 net sales of $34.31 billion, missing analysts' expectations of $34.51 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG

Co forecasts annual adjusted EPS of $4.60 to $4.80, compared with analysts' expectations of $4.79

However, co forecasts annual same-store-sales growth of 2.0% to 3.0%, above analysts' expectations of growth of 1.96%

KR stock has risen ~2.3% YTD as of last close