Albertsons Companies, Inc. vs UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC., two Grocery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ACI and UNFI diverge most: on revenue growth, ACI reads +3.0% and UNFI reads -2.0%; on debt / equity, ACI reads 5.68 and UNFI reads 0.96. 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 UNFI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ACI | UNFI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.20 | $44.53 |
| Market cap | $6.1B | $2.7B |
| Sector | Grocery | Grocery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +4.7% |
| P/B | 3.77 | 1.66 |
| P/S | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.0 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +3.0% | -2.0% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 13.7% |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.1% | 5.2% |
| Return on assets | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 9.3% | 12.0% |
| Dividend yield | 4.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 5.68 | 0.96 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 1.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.14 | 5.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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