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Albertsons Companies, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Albertsons Companies, Inc. had return on equity of 8.3% and a net margin of 0.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Feb 20162017Feb 20172018Feb 20182019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Feb 20212022Feb 20222023Feb 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Feb 2026LTMSept 2026
Net margin−0.9%−0.6%0.1%0.2%0.7%1.2%2.3%1.9%1.6%1.2%0.3%−0.1%
Return on equity——3.3%9.2%25.0%47.2%74.5%65.3%59.5%31.3%8.3%−3.1%
Return on assets—−1.6%0.2%0.6%2.0%3.3%5.9%5.6%4.9%3.6%0.8%−0.2%
Effective tax rate————22.2%24.7%—21.8%18.4%15.1%18.8%—
SG&A as % of revenue26.7%26.9%27.0%26.9%26.6%27.0%25.5%25.2%25.2%25.6%26.3%26.4%
Dividends ÷ net income———0.0%0.0%11.0%12.8%16.9%21.3%30.8%148.4%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 5 checks passed · September 12, 2026
What it owns · $27.2bn
Short-term assets $7.1bnLonger-term assets $20.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $10.1bn
Short-term liabilities $8.6bnShareholders' equity $1.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $7.1bn of assets due within a year against $8.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $282m of cash against $8.4bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 589% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 236% to 589% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.3bn of operating cash flow against $8.4bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

48 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Albertsons Companies's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 6 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 5.9% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 27.8%, moving by 0.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 2.0%; its worst year was 0.3%.

  • Cash conversion 9 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 0.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 12.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Albertsons Companies, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 21, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Albertsons Companies, Inc.