Company Analysis

Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)

NYSE: ACI · Retail-Grocery Stores · Boise, ID · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade4.2
◀ Past 3.7● Present 5.1▶ Future 3.1

The grade of Albertsons Companies, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.2/10
◀ Past3.725% of the headline
● Present5.145% of the headline
▶ Future3.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.7/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-01-22.

weight 45% of this tense · 21st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 3 times, the latest 2026-01-22); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-07-15) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $60 billion in fiscal 2017 to $83 billion in fiscal 2026, up 3.8% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.8%bottom 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 41% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.8% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 24 sales, 4 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-02-28, Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 32% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 24 sales and 4 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $3 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 93%: owes 93¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-02-28, Albertsons Companies, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 84 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 93 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 5% of its family
  • return on equitytop 32% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 50% of 11 in its family; net margin 0.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $83 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 0.3% ranks in the bottom 32%; revenue growth of 2.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$83.17Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin0.3%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.3%bottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 35% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Morris, Susan (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-05-13, 1.5 years (bottom 25% of its family); the 29 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3 years (bottom 36%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 29 people in charge now (bottom 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 29 peoplebottom 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.0 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.5 yearsbottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 24% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $199 million against debt of $8.4 billion leaves -30.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 5% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.6% of revenue (bottom 23%); a gross margin of 27.2% (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-30.7%bottom 5% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue0.6%bottom 23% of its family
  • gross margin27.2%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
2.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 29% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 29th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 2.3% a year over the last three filed years against 3.8% over all 10, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 3.4% (bottom 23%); capital spending grew -5.1% a year (bottom 14%) (its annual reports). Albertsons Companies, Inc. reported 5 product lines in fiscal 2026: Non Perishables at $41 billion (49%), Fresh at $26 billion (31%), Pharmacy at $11 billion (14%), and 2 more; 4 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.4 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth3.4%bottom 23% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-5.1%bottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 38% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $83 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 1.7% above the $82 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $217 million against a prior three-year average of $1.3 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 0.3% against 1.6% before (bottom 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.7%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-83%bottom 25% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.3 pointsbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ACI · research, not advice