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Grocery stores · Consumer Defensive · Fiscal year ends Feb 27
Albertsons Companies reported revenue of $83.2B in the fiscal year ended Feb 2026, up 3.5% from the year before. Operating income was $728M, an operating margin of 0.9%, and net income was $217M. Operating cash flow of $2.4B less capital expenditure of $1.8B left free cash flow of $527M. Net debt was $8.2B.
Ranks among the 4 grocery stores companies we cover (1st = best; for debt, the least indebted). Green = top third, red = bottom third.
Last 5 fiscal years
| Fiscal year | Feb 2022 | Feb 2023 | Feb 2024 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 71,887 | 77,650 | 79,238 | 80,391 | 83,173 |
| Cost of revenue | 51,165 | 55,894 | 57,192 | 58,135 | 60,566 |
| Gross profit | 20,722 | 21,756 | 22,046 | 22,256 | 22,607 |
| Selling, general & admin | 18,301 | 19,596 | 19,933 | 20,614 | 21,891 |
| Operating income | 2,437 | 2,307 | 2,069 | 1,546 | 728 |
| Net interest incomeBanks | −482 | −405 | −492 | −460 | −504 |
| Interest expense | 400 | 405 | 447 | 415 | 455 |
| Pre-tax income | – | 1,936 | 1,589 | 1,130 | 268 |
| Income tax | 480 | 422 | 293 | 171 | 50.4 |
| Net income | 1,620 | 1,514 | 1,296 | 959 | 217 |
| Diluted EPS | 2.70 | 2.27 | 2.23 | 1.64 | 0.40 |
| Diluted shares | 475 | 534 | 581 | 584 | 547 |
| Fiscal year | Feb 2022 | Feb 2023 | Feb 2024 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | 2,902 | 456 | 189 | 294 | 199 |
| Receivables | 561 | 688 | 724 | 835 | 933 |
| Inventory | 4,501 | 4,782 | 4,945 | 4,989 | 5,174 |
| Current assets | 8,366 | 6,270 | 6,288 | 6,559 | 6,716 |
| Net PP&E | 9,350 | 9,359 | 9,570 | 9,811 | 9,904 |
| Goodwill | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1,201 | 1,201 |
| Total assets | 28,123 | 26,168 | 26,221 | 26,756 | 26,766 |
| Payables | 4,237 | 4,173 | 4,218 | 4,093 | 4,021 |
| Deferred revenue | 104 | 115 | 111 | 120 | 126 |
| Current liabilities | 8,349 | 8,429 | 7,458 | 7,251 | 7,824 |
| Long-term debt | 7,136 | 7,834 | 7,783 | 7,763 | 8,413 |
| Total liabilities | 25,098 | 24,558 | 23,474 | 23,370 | 24,930 |
| Shareholders' equity | 3,025 | 1,611 | 2,748 | 3,386 | 1,836 |
| Fiscal year | Feb 2022 | Feb 2023 | Feb 2024 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 3,513 | 2,854 | 2,660 | 2,681 | 2,367 |
| Capital expenditure | 1,607 | 2,154 | 2,031 | 1,931 | 1,839 |
| Free cash flow | 1,907 | 700 | 628 | 749 | 527 |
| Depreciation & amortisation | 1,681 | 1,807 | 1,779 | 1,818 | 1,914 |
| Stock-based compensation | 101 | 138 | 105 | 106 | 95.5 |
| Acquisitions | 25.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 82.5 | 1,478 |
| Dividends paid | 207 | 255 | 276 | 295 | 323 |
| Dividend per share | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.60 |
| Fiscal year | Feb 2022 | Feb 2023 | Feb 2024 | Feb 2025 | Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | – | 8.0% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | – | −5.3% | −10.3% | −25.3% | −52.9% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | – | −15.9% | −1.8% | −26.5% | −75.6% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 28.0% | 27.8% | 27.7% | 27.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 0.9% |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| Return on equityBlank when equity is negative | 53.5% | 94.0% | 47.2% | 28.3% | 11.8% |
| ROCEEBIT ÷ (assets − current liabilities) | 12.3% | 13.0% | 11.0% | 7.9% | 3.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Cash conversion (CFO ÷ net income) | 2.17x | 1.89x | 2.05x | 2.80x | 10.9x |
| Receivable days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Inventory days | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| Payable days | 30 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 24 |
| Interest cover | 6.09x | 5.70x | 4.63x | 3.73x | 1.60x |
| Debt ÷ equity | 2.36x | 4.86x | 2.83x | 2.29x | 4.58x |
| Net debtDebt − cash & equivalents; excludes investments; negative = net cash | 4,234 | 7,379 | 7,595 | 7,469 | 8,214 |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.74x | 0.84x | 0.90x | 0.86x |
Standardised figures from the company's XBRL filings with the SEC (10-K, 10-Q). Line items follow US GAAP tags, so a company's own statement layout may differ and some lines show “–” where the company does not report that item. Ratios are calculated from these figures. For education only; not investment advice or a recommendation.