Albertsons Companies Inc. Class A Common Stock (ACI)

FairStock Score: 22/100 — RISKY

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AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

At the 2026-10-13 close of $12.72, Albertsons has a $6.2B market cap and a 5.51% dividend yield. I start with the business: it runs grocery, pharmacy, and fuel stores, a defensive but low-margin trade. Revenue has crept from $79.2B in FY2023, ended 2024-02-24, to $80.4B in FY2024, ended 2025-02-22, to $83.2B in FY2025, ended 2026-02-28. Profits, however, have collapsed: net income fell from $1.3B in FY2023 to $958.6M in FY2024 to $217.4M in FY2025. In the latest filed quarter, fiscal Q1 2026 ended 2026-06-20, revenue was $24.9B but net income was only $84.7M and diluted EPS $0.17. FairStock's Lynch category is SLOW GROWER—Shrinking, based on profit falling 23.9% a year over five years and revenue growth of 3.6%. The FairStock P/E is 79.50, P/B 3.85, and Graham Number $3.44, leaving a margin of safety of -269.77% at the 2026-10-13 close. That is not Graham's idea of cheap. Yet trailing free cash flow is $564.3M, a 9.1% FCF yield, and EV/EBITDA is 6.64. Debt is the worry: D/E 9.74 and Altman Z-Score 1.12 suggest a fragile balance sheet. ROE 2.72% and ROCE 3.87% are weak. Piotroski 6/9 is middling, and FairStock Score 22/100. I see a defensive operator with cash flow and a dividend, but earnings, returns, and balance-sheet quality are poor. The price already assumes a recovery the filed figures do not yet show.

In plain English: Albertsons runs grocery and drug stores in the U.S., selling food, pharmacy items, and fuel. The business looks weak right now because sales are barely growing and profits have fallen sharply. At the 2026-10-13 close of $12.72, the price looks expensive compared with current earnings, though the company pays a high dividend and generates free cash.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-20) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-11-29) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-06) · fiscal Q1 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-14) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2026-02-28) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2025-02-22) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2024-02-24)

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