Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI) traded at $19.58 at last check on current trade day and made a downward move of -0.08% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $19.60 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 0.331 with the day’s price range being $19.435 – $19.75. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 11.42. In terms of its 52-week price range, ACI has a high of $23.47 and a low of $17.00. The company’s stock has gained about 2.32% over that past 30 days.
Albertsons Companies Inc has a market cap of $11.35 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. With its Forward Dividend at 0.48 and a yield of 2.45%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the ACI stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 18.85B, with a low of 18.67B and a high of 19.41B. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 1.55% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 80.63B, or 1.76% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the ACI stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of Hold.
Based on estimates by 6 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 3 have rated the Albertsons Companies Inc (ACI) stock as a Hold, while 3 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 0.88% off its SMA20 and 2.11% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 52.87 while the volatility over the past week is 1.90% and jumps to 3.27% over the past one month. The beta value is 0.51, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.48. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $23.5, with the estimates having a low of $19 and a high of $24. These price ends are 2.96% and -22.57% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -20.02% if the ACI share price touches on the median price of $23.5.
Coming back to Albertsons Companies Inc (NYSE:ACI), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 4.43 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 4.93 million. Current shares outstanding are 579.31 million.
The insiders hold 27.50% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 49.81%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-12-13, stood at 10.77 million at a short ratio of 2.13. This represents a 256.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-12-13. Shares short fall in December from the previous month at 11.5 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock -0.28% down in year-to-date price movement.
