Albertsons Companies, Inc.

NYSE:ACI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$11.2b

Albertsons Companies Valuation

Is ACI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ACI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ACI ($18.95) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($85.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ACI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ACI?

Key metric: As ACI is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ACI. This is calculated by dividing ACI's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ACI's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11x
EarningsUS$998.00m
Market CapUS$11.19b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ACI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ACI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.9x
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market
38.5x11.7%US$13.9b
CASY Casey's General Stores
28.2x9.1%US$15.6b
CART Maplebear
24.8x11.7%US$11.0b
KR Kroger
16.1x5.6%US$44.3b
ACI Albertsons Companies
11x5.8%US$11.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ACI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the peer average (26.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ACI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Consumer Retailing Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
ACI 11.0xIndustry Avg. 25.3xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ACI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the US Consumer Retailing industry average (25.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ACI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ACI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11x
Fair PE Ratio18.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ACI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ACI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$18.95
US$23.40
+23.5%
11.0%US$27.00US$19.00n/a15
Dec ’25US$19.85
US$24.16
+21.7%
11.7%US$27.25US$18.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$18.66
US$24.09
+29.1%
12.4%US$27.25US$17.00n/a14
Oct ’25US$18.56
US$24.02
+29.4%
11.4%US$27.25US$19.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$19.62
US$24.60
+25.4%
8.8%US$27.25US$21.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$19.76
US$24.69
+24.9%
9.0%US$27.25US$21.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$19.89
US$24.87
+25.0%
9.4%US$27.25US$21.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$20.64
US$24.87
+20.5%
9.4%US$27.25US$21.00n/a13
May ’25US$20.58
US$25.00
+21.5%
9.4%US$28.00US$21.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$21.30
US$25.10
+17.8%
9.0%US$28.00US$21.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$20.25
US$25.10
+23.9%
8.4%US$27.25US$21.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$21.42
US$25.16
+17.5%
7.9%US$27.25US$21.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$23.00
US$25.20
+9.5%
8.2%US$28.00US$21.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$21.98
US$25.13
+14.3%
8.3%US$28.00US$21.00US$19.8514
Nov ’24US$21.76
US$25.05
+15.1%
8.6%US$28.00US$21.00US$18.6614
Oct ’24US$22.75
US$25.25
+11.0%
8.1%US$28.00US$21.00US$18.5615
Sep ’24US$22.46
US$25.05
+11.5%
9.1%US$28.00US$21.00US$19.6215
Aug ’24US$21.86
US$25.13
+14.9%
9.0%US$28.00US$21.00US$19.7614
Jul ’24US$21.82
US$25.09
+15.0%
9.9%US$28.00US$21.00US$19.8914
Jun ’24US$20.19
US$25.09
+24.3%
9.9%US$28.00US$21.00US$20.6414
May ’24US$21.01
US$25.16
+19.8%
10.2%US$29.00US$21.00US$20.5814
Apr ’24US$20.78
US$25.71
+23.7%
11.0%US$30.00US$21.00US$21.3013
Mar ’24US$19.87
US$25.71
+29.4%
11.0%US$30.00US$21.00US$20.2513
Feb ’24US$21.35
US$25.71
+20.4%
11.0%US$30.00US$21.00US$21.4213
Jan ’24US$20.74
US$28.06
+35.3%
18.0%US$39.00US$21.00US$23.0013
Dec ’23US$20.75
US$28.23
+36.0%
18.5%US$39.00US$21.00US$21.9812

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 22:53
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/07
Annual Earnings2024/02/24

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Albertsons Companies, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Karen ShortBarclays
Kelly BaniaBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Robert OhmesBofA Global Research