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 debt / equity, ACI reads 5.22 and SFM reads 0.00; on net margin, ACI reads 0.1% and SFM reads 5.6%. 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 | $11.57 | $87.17 |
| Market cap | $5.8B | $8.2B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 16.7 |
| P/B | 3.57 | 5.48 |
| P/S | 0.07 | 0.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3 | 9.5 |
| Revenue growth | +3.0% | +7.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 38.7% |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 5.6% |
| Return on equity | 4.1% | 33.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.2% | 11.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.0% | 33.1% |
| FCF yield | 9.8% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 5.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 5.22 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.14 | 4.16 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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