Albertsons Companies (ACI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Albertsons Companies in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ACI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ACI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Albertsons Companies' stock. Their ACI share price forecasts range from $21.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $25.03 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price.
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Albertsons Companies' stock was trading at $20.74 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ACI shares have increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $22.70.
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Albertsons Companies saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,480,000 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the August 31st total of 16,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.5 days. Currently, 5.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 17th 2023.
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Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.09. The firm earned $24.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.89 billion. Albertsons Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 82.79% and a net margin of 1.85%.

Albertsons Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, August 10th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.11%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 25th.
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Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.11%. The dividend payout ratio is 23.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ACI will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.39% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 employees have rated Albertsons Companies Chief Executive Officer Paul Lang on Glassdoor.com. Paul Lang has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Paul Lang in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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(ACI) raised $1.3 billion in an IPO on Friday, June 26th 2020. The company issued 65,800,000 shares at $18.00-$20.00 per share. BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Citigroup acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim Securities, Oppenheimer, RBC Capital Markets, Telsey Advisory Group, MUFG, Academy Securities, Blaylock Van, Drexel Hamilton, Loop Capital Markets, Penserra Securities, Ramirez, Stern and Tigress Financial Partners were co-managers.

Albertsons Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ACI."

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One share of ACI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.70.

Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) has a market capitalization of $13.07 billion and generates $77.65 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.51 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 290,000 workers across the globe.

Albertsons Companies' mailing address is 250 PARKCENTER BLVD., BOISE ID, 83706. The official website for the company is www.albertsonscompanies.com. The company can be reached via phone at 208-395-6200 or via email at investor-relations@albertsons.com.