Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) Valuation

Valuation

Model-based estimates, not advice. The DCF is the discounted-cash-flow value per share; compare it with the price, not as a target.

DCF fair value

+459.7%

$77.35

vs $13.82 price

Levered DCF

$20.53

After debt service

Piotroski score

5 / 9

Average

Altman Z-score

3.27

Safe zone

Rating

Overall 2 / 5

Ratios by fiscal year

Margins and yields are shares of revenue, equity or price; multiples are ×.

Metric	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018
P/E	44.75×	12.45×	9.53×	8.97×	10.89×	9.51×	19.31×	67.17×
P/B	5.31×	3.52×	4.49×	6.75×	4.61×	6.11×	3.93×	6.18×
P/S	0.12×	0.15×	0.16×	0.14×	0.19×	0.12×	0.14×	0.15×
EV / EBITDA	7.28×	6.31×	5.83×	5.3×	5.38×	5.92×	6.51×	7.09×
Gross margin	27.2%	27.7%	27.8%	28.0%	28.8%	29.3%	28.2%	27.9%
Operating margin	0.9%	1.9%	2.6%	3.0%	3.4%	2.3%	2.3%	1.3%
Net margin	0.3%	1.2%	1.6%	1.9%	2.3%	1.2%	0.7%	0.2%
Current ratio	0.86×	0.9×	0.84×	0.74×	1×	1.02×	0.97×	1.21×
Debt / equity	8.33×	4.19×	5.18×	9.32×	5.06×	12.13×	6.44×	7.3×
Interest coverage	1.44×	3.36×	4.2×	5.7×	5.06×	3.03×	2.06×	0.95×
Dividend yield	3.3%	2.5%	2.2%	39.0%	2.3%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Payout ratio	148.4%	30.8%	21.4%	280.0%	19.9%	18.8%	0.0%	0.0%

Key metrics by fiscal year

Metric	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020	FY2019	FY2018
Return on equity	11.8%	28.3%	47.2%	94.0%	53.5%	64.2%	20.5%	9.0%
Return on invested capital	2.9%	5.7%	7.6%	8.2%	7.9%	5.2%	5.1%	4.8%
Return on assets	0.8%	3.3%	4.5%	5.3%	5.3%	2.9%	1.7%	0.6%
Free cash flow yield	5.4%	6.3%	5.1%	6.4%	13.7%	28.1%	4.8%	3.6%
Earnings yield	2.2%	8.0%	10.5%	13.9%	11.6%	10.5%	5.2%	1.5%
Enterprise value	$24.9B	$25.8B	$26.4B	$25.4B	$26.3B	$22.4B	$23.2B	$18.6B
Net debt / EBITDA	4.42×	3.4×	3.1×	3.03×	2.53×	3.78×	3.99×	3.67×
Cash conversion cycle (days)	11	9	8	7	5	9	15	15