Albertsons Companies vs Ingles Markets
ACI and IMKTA side by side, both in consumer staples. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ACI and IMKTA compare
Albertsons Companies is the larger company, worth 4.0 times as much as Ingles Markets ($6.3B against $1.6B).
Albertsons Companies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.7% versus 1.0% for Ingles Markets).
Ingles Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 1.9% compared with 0.08% at Albertsons Companies.
Both pay dividends: Albertsons Companies yields 3.7% and Ingles Markets 0.78%.
Ingles Markets scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 7 for Albertsons Companies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ACI | IMKTA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $1.6B |
| Share price | $13.08 | $84.11 |
| Change, 1 year | −28.4% | 21.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −62.4% | 11.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.20 | 0.38 |
| Employees | 280K | 26K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 164× | – |
| P/S | 0.1× (better) | 0.3× |
| P/B | 3.9× | 0.9× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.2× (better) | 6.2× |
| P/FCF | 11.2× | 10.7× (better) |
| FCF yield | 8.9% | 9.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $13.61 | $81.84 |
| Margin of safety | 3.9% (better) | −2.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.7% (better) | 1.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.6% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −93.1% | 84.3% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −95.1% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −22.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 27.0% (better) | 24.5% |
| Operating margin | 0.65% | 2.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.08% | 1.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.68% | 2.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 6.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 4.7% | 6.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 5.68 | 0.30 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.59 | 0.17 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 7.7× |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 3.21 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.32 | 4.47 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.7% (better) | 0.78% |
| Payout ratio | 489% | 11.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 24.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 21.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 25.6% (better) | 0.78% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.4% | 74.9% |
| Held by insiders | 33.1% | 2.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $180K (better) | $44.0K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 18.3% | 6.2% |
Go deeper
- ACI stock overview
- ACI income statement
- ACI valuation and score
- IMKTA stock overview
- IMKTA income statement
- IMKTA valuation and score
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