Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Grocery Stores
Albertsons Companies, Inc. ACI
$11.75 +0.26% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.70B
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 13, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.08, down 95.1% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 11.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- At 146.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth39Weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 46%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 48%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Quality28Very weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 23%
- Gross marginBottom 35%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Interest coverBottom 22%
Value69Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 1%
Momentum13Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 26%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Revisions9Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 25%
Stability38Weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 49%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.5% | 2.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -80.5% | -95.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 26.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 0.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.7% | 3.5% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -95.1% | -80.5% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Gross margin | 26.5% | 27.5% | ↓ | Bottom 35% |
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.9% | ↓ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.8% | 0.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | — | Bottom 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.3% | — | Bottom 48% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -9.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.12×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.63%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 24.35%
- Shareholder yield
- 29.97%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -11.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 20, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.36
- Target vs current price
- +13.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 35%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | -21.9% | -21.6% | -17.4% | -17.0% | — |
| Apr 14, 2026 | +11.6% | -3.0% | -1.3% | -5.5% | -14.9% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | +7.5% | -6.0% | +0.5% | +3.8% | +2.0% |
| Oct 14, 2025 | +10.5% | +13.6% | +16.0% | +3.1% | -1.9% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | +3.8% | -5.1% | -9.4% | -12.5% | -22.3% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | +13.5% | -7.6% | +4.4% | +0.7% | +2.7% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | +7.6% | +0.8% | +3.5% | +4.6% | +11.4% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | +6.5% | +1.0% | +2.6% | +6.0% | +9.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.54 | -21.9% | $24.94B |
| Apr 14, 2026 | $0.48 | $0.43 | +11.6% | $20.25B |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $0.72 | $0.67 | +7.5% | $19.12B |
| Oct 14, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.40 | +10.5% | $18.92B |
| Jul 15, 2025 | $0.55 | $0.53 | +3.8% | $24.88B |
| Apr 15, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.41 | +13.5% | $18.80B |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.66 | +7.6% | $18.77B |
| Oct 15, 2024 | $0.51 | $0.48 | +6.5% | $18.55B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 146.9× | 10.5× | 100th | Bottom 29% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.0× | — | — | Top 12% |
| EV / Sales | 0.25× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 12.30% | — | — | Top 17% |
| Earnings yield | 0.68% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.5× – 144.8× since Jun 19, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -32.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -95.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +1054.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -23.6%
- RSI (14)
- 42.5
- Relative volume
- 0.69×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.03
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -40.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2021 | Jul 24, 2026 | -70.0% | 1161 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 27, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -20.8% | 21 days | 69 days (Jun 7, 2021) |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Oct 8, 2021 | -19.2% | 23 days | 18 days (Nov 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.70B
- P/E (TTM)
- 146.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.08
- Revenue (TTM)
- $83.23B
- Dividend yield
- 5.45%
- 52-week range
- $10.86 – $20.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $71.89B | $77.65B | $79.24B | $80.39B | $83.17B |
| Gross profit | $20.72B | $21.76B | $22.05B | $22.26B | $20.90B |
| Operating income | $2.44B | $2.31B | $2.07B | $1.55B | $715.4M |
| Net income | $1.62B | $1.51B | $1.30B | $958.6M | $217.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.70 | $2.27 | $2.23 | $1.64 | $0.40 |
| Q2 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $18.55B | $18.77B | $18.80B | $24.88B | $18.92B | $19.12B | $20.25B | $24.94B |
| Net income | $145.5M | $400.6M | $171.8M | $236.4M | $168.5M | $293.3M | -$480.8M | $84.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.25 | $0.69 | $0.29 | $0.41 | $0.30 | $0.55 | -$0.94 | $0.17 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.51B | $2.85B | $2.66B | $2.68B | $2.37B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.61B | -$2.15B | -$2.03B | -$1.93B | -$1.84B |
| Free cash flow | $1.91B | $700.0M | $628.2M | $749.4M | $527.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$207.4M | -$4.17B | -$276.2M | -$295.1M | -$322.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$29.4M | -$44.0M | -$38.8M | -$82.5M | -$1.48B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $293.4M
- Total assets
- $26.92B
- Total liabilities
- $25.30B
- Total debt
- $15.70B
- Net debt
- $15.41B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.61B
As of Jun 20, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | $0.17 | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | $0.17 | May 8, 2026 |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $0.15 | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Oct 24, 2025 | $0.15 | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Jul 25, 2025 | $0.15 | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $0.15 | May 9, 2025 |
| Jan 24, 2025 | $0.15 | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.12 | Nov 8, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 55,956,616
- Days to cover
- 6.57
- Change vs previous report
- +2.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.