Albertsons Companies (ACI) Competitors

Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Is ACI or CVNA more profitable?

Carvana has a net margin of 1.54% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.30%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 44.70% beat Carvana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albertsons Companies	1.30%	44.70%	5.10%
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ACI or CVNA?

Carvana received 488 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.16% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote while only 49.02% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albertsons Companies	Outperform Votes 75 49.02%	Underperform Votes 78 50.98%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 563 58.16%	Underperform Votes 405 41.84%

Do analysts recommend ACI or CVNA?

Albertsons Companies presently has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.80%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $253.59, indicating a potential upside of 25.12%. Given Carvana's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carvana is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albertsons Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ACI or CVNA?

71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ACI or CVNA?

Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.61, suggesting that its share price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ACI or CVNA?

Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Albertsons Companies	$79.93B	0.16	$1.30B	$1.78	12.13
Carvana	$13.67B	3.16	$450M	$1.57	129.10

Does the media refer more to ACI or CVNA?

In the previous week, Carvana had 10 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Carvana and 26 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Carvana's score of 0.79 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albertsons Companies	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Carvana beats Albertsons Companies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.