profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Albertsons Companies
$13.01-1.36% today
-27.0% in 1 year
1-year low $11.031-year high $18.66
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2021 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay $28.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Albertsons Companies sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $77.6 billion in 2023 to $83.2 billion in 2026, with $217 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Albertsons Companies handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.5B
Free cash flow 2026$527M
Bought back its own shares$1.5B
Paid as dividends$323M
Cash vs. debt$199M vs. $15.3B
Albertsons Companies vs. similar companies
Albertsons Companies grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albertsons Companies | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Loblaw Companies | 29.9× · Fair price | ||
 Tesco | 19.1× · Fair price | ||
 The Kroger | 40.4× · Expensive | ||
 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize | 13.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Albertsons Companies's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69,690 | 71,887 | 77,650 | 79,238 | 80,391 | 83,173 | |
| 20,415 | 20,722 | 21,756 | 22,046 | 22,256 | 22,607 | |
| 1,618 | 2,437 | 2,160 | 2,113 | 1,642 | 715 | |
| – | – | 4,852 | 4,526 | 4,082 | 3,398 | |
| 850 | 1,620 | 1,514 | 1,296 | 959 | 217 | |
| 1.47 | 2.70 | 2.27 | 2.23 | 1.64 | 0.40 | |
| 29.3% | 28.8% | 28.0% | 27.8% | 27.7% | 27.2% | |
| 2.3% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| 1.2% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 0.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 26,598 | 28,123 | 26,168 | 26,221 | 26,756 | 26,766 |
| Cash | 1,717 | 2,902 | 456 | 189 | 294 | 199 |
| Total debt | 14,467 | 14,026 | 14,961 | 14,239 | 14,183 | 15,297 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 24,512 | 23,474 | 23,370 | 24,930 |
| 1,324 | 3,025 | 1,656 | 2,748 | 3,386 | 1,836 | |
| 578 | 475 | 534 | 581 | 584 | 547 | |
| 8.0% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 9.7% | 7.1% | 3.5% | |
| 64.2% | 53.5% | 91.4% | 47.2% | 28.3% | 11.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,903 | 3,513 | 2,854 | 2,660 | 2,681 | 2,367 | |
| 1,643 | 1,607 | 2,154 | 2,031 | 1,931 | 1,839 | |
| 2,259 | 1,907 | 700 | 628 | 749 | 527 | |
| Dividends paid | 94 | 207 | 4,237 | 276 | 295 | 323 |
| 1,881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1,478 | |
| 59 | 101 | 138 | 105 | 106 | 96 |
Valuation
- 28.2×
- 5.7×
- –
- 4.6×
- 0.1×
- 11.6×
- 6.2×
- 8.6%
- 3.6%
- 3.8%
Profitability
- 27.2%
- 0.9%
- 0.3%
- 4.1%
- 3.0%
- 6.5%
- 8.2%
- 0.8%
- 3.9%
- –
Growth
- +3.6%
- −22.9%
- −29.6%
- +43.1%
- +3.8%
Financial health
- 4.4×
- 8.33
- 57.2%
- 1.5×
- 0.86
- 0.20
- 3.11
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 9%of 670
Bottom 4%of 674
Bottom 23%of 624
Bottom 36%of 673
Top 26%of 668
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $19.63
- Range
- $14.00 – $23.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | 0.48 | 0.43 | +11.6% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | 0.72 | 0.67 | +7.5% |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 0.44 | 0.40 | +10.5% |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 0.55 | 0.53 | +3.8% |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 0.46 | 0.41 | +13.5% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 0.71 | 0.66 | +7.6% |
| Oct 15, 2024 | 0.51 | 0.48 | +6.5% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 0.66 | 0.66 | +0.0% |
3.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$38a year at today's yield, before tax
+43.1%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.10 in 2020 → $0.60 in 2025
How safe it looks
148.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 61.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
30No pass
Benjamin Graham
28No pass
Philip Fisher
23No pass
Peter Lynch
7No pass
Joel Greenblatt
8No pass
Charlie Munger
23No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about Albertsons Companies
Is Albertsons Companies a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Albertsons Companies AI analysis
What does Albertsons Companies do?
Albertsons Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of food and drug stores in the United States. It is in Grocery Stores, based in Boise, ID, United States, with 106,400 employees.
Does Albertsons Companies pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.8% a year, about 148% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out $323 million in dividends.
Is Albertsons Companies stock halal?
No. Albertsons Companies does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 250% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Albertsons Companies stock done over the past year?
Down 27.0% over the past twelve months, to $13.01. It traded between $11.03 and $18.66 and is 30.3% below its high.
Who are Albertsons Companies's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Loblaw Companies, Tesco, The Kroger and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Albertsons Companies's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.