In the last trading session, 8.55 million shares of the Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) were traded, and its beta was 0.47. Most recently the company’s share price was $22.16, and it changed around -$0.58 or -2.55% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $12.50B. ACI currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $23.20, offering almost -4.69% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $17.00, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 23.29% since then. We note from Albertsons Companies Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 5.75 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.50 million.
Albertsons Companies Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.05. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 22 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 7 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 10 recommended ACI as a Hold, whereas 5 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Albertsons Companies Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.54 for the current quarter.
Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) trade information
Instantly ACI has showed a red trend with a performance of -2.55% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 22.78 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.72%. The company’s shares are currently up 11.47% year-to-date, but still up 3.02% over the last five days. On the other hand, Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) is 2.74% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 21.22 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 5.14 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $26, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 14.77% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ACI is forecast to be at a low of $24 and a high of $31.
Albertsons Companies Inc (ACI) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 3.46%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 16 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 24.69B in revenue for the current quarter. 16 analysts expect Albertsons Companies Inc to make 18.86B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 24.27B and 18.55B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 1.77%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 1.66%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 11.02%.
ACI Dividends
Albertsons Companies Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-15. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.44 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.54. It is important to note, however, that the 2.44% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 14.94% of Albertsons Companies Inc shares, and 73.63% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 86.56%. Albertsons Companies Inc stock is held by 1.0 institutions, with CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 26.239% of the shares, which is about 151.82 million shares worth $3.0 billion.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 6.2296% or 36.04 million shares worth $711.88 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of May 31, 2025 . The former held 13.17 shares worth $291.84 million, making up 2.29% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 11.0 shares worth around $243.79 million, which represents about 1.91% of the total shares outstanding.
