ACI vs. CDW, CHWY, SFM, BJ, BURL, GAP, MUSA, FND, VIPS, and OLLI
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Burlington Stores (BURL), GAP (GAP), Murphy USA (MUSA), Floor & Decor (FND), Vipshop (VIPS), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Albertsons Companies vs. Its Competitors
CDW (NASDAQ:CDW) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.
CDW pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CDW pays out 31.0% 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. CDW has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Albertsons Companies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
CDW has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CDW received 496 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.78% of users gave CDW an outperform vote while only 49.69% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
CDW has a net margin of 5.13% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.30%. CDW's return on equity of 55.42% beat Albertsons Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, CDW and CDW both had 11 articles in the media. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat CDW's score of 0.99 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CDW currently has a consensus target price of $208.71, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus target price of $24.36, indicating a potential upside of 14.66%. Given CDW's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CDW is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
93.2% of CDW shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of CDW shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than CDW. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CDW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CDW beats Albertsons Companies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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