Albertsons Companies, Inc. vs Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACI and SFM diverge most: on operating margin, ACI reads -2.5% and SFM reads 9.2%; on debt / equity, ACI reads 4.58 and SFM reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ACI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SFM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACI | SFM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.74 | $80.80 |
| Market cap | $7.9B | $7.7B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.5 |
| P/B | 4.29 | 5.38 |
| P/S | 0.09 | 0.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.4 | 8.9 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +10.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 39.4% |
| Operating margin | -2.5% | 9.2% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 5.7% |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | 35.4% |
| Return on assets | 0.8% | 11.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | 35.8% |
| FCF yield | 6.7% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 4.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 4.58 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.86 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.07 | 4.06 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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