Growth Metrics

Albertsons Companies (ACI) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Albertsons Companies (ACI) reported Operating Margin of 2.5% for Q1 2026, down 397.0% year-over-year from 0.84% in Q1 2025, and down 197.71% on a QoQ basis from 2.56% in Q4 2025.

Albertsons Companies (ACI) has 10 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 2.5% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 397.0% year-over-year to 2.5% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was 0.87% (down 105.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.87%, down 105.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin slipped to 2.5% in Q1 2026 per ACI's latest filing, from 2.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 3.82% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 2.5% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 2.48% (2023), against an average of 2.19%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Margin jumped 493 bps; it then tumbled 397 bps in 2026.
  • Tracing ACI's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 3.21% in 2022, then retreated by 5 bps to 3.05% in 2023, then dropped by 9 bps to 2.76% in 2024, then retreated by 7 bps to 2.56% in 2025, then plunged by 198 bps to 2.5% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ACI Operating Margin figures stand at 2.5% (Q1 2026), 2.56% (Q4 2025), and 1.56% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Kroger 43.85 Bn 40.52 Bn 8.12 Bn -1.13%
2 Albertsons Companies 8.84 Bn 8.64 Bn 5.51 Bn -2.50%
3 Sprouts Farmers Market 8.22 Bn 7.97 Bn 917.28 Mn 9.24%
4 Weis Markets 1.79 Bn 1.59 Bn 330.25 Mn 2.84%
5 Grocery Outlet Holding 788.88 Mn 729.89 Mn 345.20 Mn -15.26%
6 Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage 662.10 Mn 641.38 Mn 102.44 Mn 5.37%
7 Krispy Kreme 562.50 Mn 489.27 Mn 356.92 Mn -0.99%
8 Ingles Markets 393.09 Mn -32.08 Mn 325.26 Mn 2.64%
9 Village Super Market 190.86 Mn 30.76 Mn - -
10 VenHub Global 116.00 Mn 110.21 Mn 3,689.00 -6,574.19%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 -2.50%
Nov 29, 2025 2.56%
Sep 6, 2025 1.56%
Jun 14, 2025 1.81%
Feb 22, 2025 1.47%
Nov 30, 2024 2.76%
Sep 7, 2024 1.57%
Jun 15, 2024 1.89%
Feb 24, 2024 2.32%
Dec 2, 2023 3.05%
Sep 9, 2023 2.48%
Jun 17, 2023 2.59%
Feb 25, 2023 2.37%
Dec 3, 2022 3.21%
Sep 10, 2022 2.96%
Jun 18, 2022 3.26%
Feb 26, 2022 3.82%
Dec 4, 2021 3.58%
Sep 11, 2021 2.94%
Jun 19, 2021 3.23%
Feb 27, 2021 -1.11%
Dec 5, 2020 1.68%
Sep 12, 2020 3.57%
Jun 20, 2020 4.27%
Feb 29, 2020 29.69%
Nov 30, 2019 1.46%
Sep 7, 2019 4.11%
Jun 15, 2019 1.72%
Feb 23, 2019 2.06%
Dec 1, 2018 1.26%
Sep 8, 2018 0.94%
Jun 16, 2018 1.04%
Feb 24, 2018 1.30%
Dec 2, 2017 -0.74%
Sep 9, 2017 -1.59%
Jun 17, 2017 0.45%
Feb 25, 2017 1.35%