The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-23), Albertsons's share price is $20.306. Albertsons's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $4.71. Hence, Albertsons's PB Ratio of today is 4.31.
Good Sign:
Albertsons Companies Inc stock PB Ratio (=4.64) is close to 1-year low of 4.61
The historical rank and industry rank for Albertsons's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
ACI'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.48 Med: 5.9 Max: 14
Current: 4.63
During the past 12 years, Albertsons's highest PB Ratio was 14.00. The lowest was 2.48. And the median was 5.90.
ACI's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 83.56% of 298
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.68
vs ACI: 4.63
During the past 12 months, Albertsons's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 187.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -15.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year.
During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Albertsons was 35.40% per year. The lowest was -15.90% per year. And the median was -3.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Albertsons PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Albertsons's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Albertsons's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Albertsons PB Ratio Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Albertsons's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Albertsons's PB Ratio falls into.
Albertsons PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Albertsons's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Albertsons PB Ratio Related Terms
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Albertsons is the second-largest conventional grocer in America, operating 2,271 stores under 24 banners in 34 states (as of the end of fiscal 2022). Around 75% of stores have pharmacies, while nearly 20% also sell fuel. Albertsons has a significant private-label operation, accounting for around 25% of sales (excluding fuel). While its own brand assortment is mainly manufactured by third parties, Albertsons operates 19 food production plants (as of the end of fiscal 2022). Albertsons is a top two grocer in two thirds of its major markets (as of early 2022, according to company data), and virtually all of its sales come from the United States. Narrow-moat Kroger has offered to acquire Albertsons in a $25 billion deal; if the transaction is approved by regulators, it should close in 2024.
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