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Forensic Analysis · Grocery & Drugstore · as of Nov 9, 2026

Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)

A forensic read on Albertsons Companies, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
0.2
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
2
Forensic signals
8.3%
ROE
3.5%
Revenue growth

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Albertsons Companies, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 0.2, placing it in the Distress zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

3.1%
FY2026
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 3.1% in the latest fiscal year and slipping across FY2024–FY2026 from 8.9%. After-tax operating profit was $1.7B in FY2024 and $591M in FY2026, with operating income at 2.6% of revenue in FY2024, 1.9% in FY2025 and 0.9% in FY2026. The capital base behind it went from $18.9B in FY2024 to $19.3B in FY2026 (+2%), while the revenue it carried went from $79.2B to $83.2B.
342% of FCF
FY2026
Shareholder returns. Returned $1.8B to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2026 — 342% of free cash flow, but 76% of operating cash flow. Returns run ahead of free cash flow, with the gap funded by debt or cash reserves rather than the cash the business itself throws off; the payout itself is still covered by operating cash. Counting the $96M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 360%.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$83.17B
Revenue Growth YoY+3.5%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+2.5%
Net Margin0.3%
Free Cash Flow$527.3M
Return on Equity8.3%
Debt / Equity4.87x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 9, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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