Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)
Consumer Defensive
- Fundamental
- 3
- Sentiment
- 2
- Technical
- 1
Do Nothing: qualitativeScore is 2 (below required floor of 3); strategy requires qualitativeScore ≥ 3 before any bullish entry, and the chart remains broken below key averages after the earnings gap.
Company overview
Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates food and drug retail stores across the United States, offering groceries, health and beauty products, pharmacy services, and fuel. The company operates under various banners, including Albertsons, Safeway, and Vons, and runs in-store pharmacies and branded coffee shops. Founded in 1860, it is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
Fundamental
fairAlbertsons shows steady sales growth but faces weakened profitability and legal uncertainties.
Mixed fundamentals: sales have grown steadily, but FY2026 profitability and management guidance weakened, with legal/regulatory overhangs emphasized in recent filings. Multiples look low (EV/EBITDA ~3.70x; free-cash-flow yield ~9.28%), yet leverage/coverage is only moderate (net debt/EBITDA ~2.24x; interest coverage ~1.44x), supporting a neutral fundamentalScore of 3.
Sentiment
weakMedia coverage turned negative post-earnings, with ongoing litigation adding headline risk.
Coverage turned sharply bearish after the announced Q1 FY2026 earnings/guidance reset (2026-07-23), a clear deterioration versus a more upbeat 30–90d baseline dominated by corporate-initiative PRs. Red-Flag Screen: moderate overhang from Washington State’s opioid trial now in progress (caps score at 3), while plaintiff-law-firm “investigation” releases add noise but no regulator-confirmed fraud/accounting probe surfaced.
Technical
very weakThe stock remains below key averages, with oversold indicators not yet signaling a reversal.
ACI's chart is still damaged after the 2026-07-23 earnings gap. Price 11.6 sits below SMA20 13.65, SMA50 14.55, SMA200 16.71, EMA9 12.4, EMA21 13.27, WMA9 11.98, and the latest daily VWAP 11.95; MACD is -0.81 versus signal -0.55 and below zero, while ADX 34.69 confirms the dominant trend is still down. RSI 31.96 and Williams %R -83.98 are oversold, but that is bounce-only until price can reclaim the fast averages.
You’re looking at 2026-07-31 — about 2 trading days ago.
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