ACI vs. COST, HELE, KR, WMT, CDW, CHWY, SFM, BURL, BJ, and GAP
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include Costco Wholesale (COST), Helen of Troy (HELE), Kroger (KR), Walmart (WMT), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Burlington Stores (BURL), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), and GAP (GAP).
Albertsons Companies vs. Its Competitors
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Costco Wholesale presently has a consensus price target of $1,034.79, suggesting a potential upside of 4.96%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus price target of $24.21, suggesting a potential upside of 9.42%. Given Albertsons Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.
Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albertsons Companies pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Costco Wholesale has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Albertsons Companies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.92% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.19%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 41.03% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.
68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 132 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 143 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 11 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Costco Wholesale's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 0.97 indicating that Costco Wholesale is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Costco Wholesale beats Albertsons Companies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACI) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
