ACI vs. JD, CDW, CHWY, SFM, BJ, BURL, MUSA, FND, GAP, and OLLI
Should you be buying Albertsons Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Albertsons Companies include JD.com (JD), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ), Burlington Stores (BURL), Murphy USA (MUSA), Floor & Decor (FND), GAP (GAP), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Albertsons Companies vs. Its Competitors
JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both large-cap retail companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
JD.com has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
JD.com has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.19%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 41.03% beat JD.com's return on equity.
JD.com pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. JD.com pays out 23.8% 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. Albertsons Companies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. JD.com is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
JD.com presently has a consensus price target of $46.23, indicating a potential upside of 43.51%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus price target of $24.36, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. Given JD.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
In the previous week, JD.com had 2 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for JD.com and 10 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat JD.com's score of 0.72 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Albertsons Companies. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
JD.com beats Albertsons Companies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ACI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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