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Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI) vs Weis Markets, Inc. (WMK)

Albertsons Companies, Inc. and Weis Markets, Inc. are both Grocery Stores companies. Albertsons Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.0B against $1.9B — 3.3× the size. Albertsons Companies, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Weis Markets, Inc. trades at 18.5×. Weis Markets, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.67% against 2.26%. Weis Markets, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.96% vs −0.06%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.92% vs 2.51%). Both pay a dividend; Albertsons Companies, Inc. yields more (5.06% vs 1.83%). Across the 22 metrics below, Weis Markets, Inc. leads on 15 and Albertsons Companies, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
P/E n/m 18.46 12.48
P/S 0.08 0.36 0.27
P/B 4.41 1.33 1.56
Price to free cash flow 11.85 36.33 11.85
EV/EBITDA 4.79 6.35 6.35
EV/Sales 0.18 0.32 0.36
Earnings yield (0.87%) 5.42% 5.42%
Free cash flow yield 8.44% 2.75% 7.43%

Profitability

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
Gross margin 26.99% 25.52% 26.99%
Operating margin 0.51% 2.49% 0.95%
Net margin (0.06%) 1.96% 1.01%
Free cash flow margin 0.64% 1.00% 1.33%
Return on equity (2.27%) 7.33% 6.84%
Return on assets (0.19%) 4.97% 3.05%
Return on invested capital 2.51% 6.92% 4.85%

Growth

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.26% 4.67% 2.96%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (75.61%) (10.76%) (37.74%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.60% 3.81% 5.12%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (23.87%) (4.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
Debt to equity 6.51 0.00 0.38
Current ratio 0.82 2.03 1.11
Net debt to EBITDA 2.60 (1.04) 0.30

Dividend

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
Dividend yield 5.06% 1.83% 1.83%
Payout ratio 8.00 0.34 0.35

Size

Metric ACI WMK Grocery Stores median
Market cap 6.02b 1.85b 1.27b

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