ACI vs. COST, HELE, KR, WMT, CDW, BURL, CHWY, SFM, BJ, and W
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include Costco Wholesale (COST), Helen of Troy (HELE), Kroger (KR), Walmart (WMT), CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), and Wayfair (W).
Albertsons Companies vs. Its Competitors
Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Albertsons Companies currently has a consensus target price of $23.94, indicating a potential upside of 30.02%. Costco Wholesale has a consensus target price of $1,056.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Albertsons Companies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Albertsons Companies is more favorable than Costco Wholesale.
Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Costco Wholesale pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Albertsons Companies pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Costco Wholesale pays out 29.5% 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. Albertsons Companies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Costco Wholesale has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
Costco Wholesale has a net margin of 2.92% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.18%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 37.92% beat Costco Wholesale's return on equity.
Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Costco Wholesale has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Costco Wholesale had 84 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Costco Wholesale and 17 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Costco Wholesale's score of 1.11 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.5% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Costco Wholesale shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Costco Wholesale has higher revenue and earnings than Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Costco Wholesale, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Costco Wholesale beats Albertsons Companies on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACI) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
