Albertsons vs Sprouts Farmers Market
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The short version
- Albertsons is the larger business, with $83.2B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.8B for Sprouts Farmers Market, about 9.4 times as much.
- Sprouts Farmers Market grew revenue faster (14.1%, against 3.5%).
- Sprouts Farmers Market kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (7.8% operating margin, against 0.9%).
- Sprouts Farmers Market turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.3% FCF margin, against 0.6%).
- Sprouts Farmers Market earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (46.9%, against 5.5%).
| Latest fiscal year | ACI · FY25 | SFM · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.8B | $6.3B |
| Revenue | $83.2B | $8.8B |
| Free cash flow | $527M | $468M |
| Net income | $217M | $524M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 3.5% | 14.1% |
| 5-year growth | 3.6% | 6.4% |
| Share count change | −6.3% | −2.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 38.8% |
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 7.8% |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 6.0% |
| FCF margin | 0.6% | 5.3% |
| Return on capital | 5.5% | 46.9% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 38.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $8.7B | −$244M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.3x | −0.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.8B | $472M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 12.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
ACI $59.7B
SFM $4.0B
FY17
ACI $59.9B
SFM $4.7B
FY18
ACI $60.5B
SFM $5.2B
FY19
ACI $62.5B
SFM $5.6B
FY20
ACI $69.7B
SFM $6.5B
FY21
ACI $71.9B
SFM $6.1B
FY22
ACI $77.6B
SFM $6.4B
FY23
ACI $79.2B
SFM $6.8B
FY24
ACI $80.4B
SFM $7.7B
FY25
ACI $83.2B
SFM $8.8B
ACI
SFM
Operating margin
FY16
ACI 1.0%
SFM 5.3%
FY17
ACI −0.1%
SFM 4.9%
FY18
ACI 1.3%
SFM 4.3%
FY19
ACI 2.3%
SFM 3.9%
FY20
ACI 2.3%
SFM 6.1%
FY21
ACI 3.4%
SFM 5.5%
FY22
ACI 3.0%
SFM 5.6%
FY23
ACI 2.6%
SFM 5.1%
FY24
ACI 1.9%
SFM 6.5%
FY25
ACI 0.9%
SFM 7.8%
ACI
SFM
Free cash flow
FY16
ACI $438M
SFM $73.3M
FY17
ACI −$502M
SFM $111M
FY18
ACI $344M
SFM $117M
FY19
ACI $437M
SFM $172M
FY20
ACI $2.3B
SFM $372M
FY21
ACI $1.9B
SFM $262M
FY22
ACI $700M
SFM $247M
FY23
ACI $628M
SFM $240M
FY24
ACI $749M
SFM $415M
FY25
ACI $527M
SFM $468M
ACI
SFM
Return on capital
FY16
ACI —
SFM 15.1%
FY17
ACI —
SFM 18.4%
FY18
ACI 6.9%
SFM 17.9%
FY19
ACI 10.3%
SFM —
FY20
ACI 13.2%
SFM —
FY21
ACI 23.5%
SFM —
FY22
ACI 19.9%
SFM 27.0%
FY23
ACI 16.3%
SFM 25.2%
FY24
ACI 12.2%
SFM 35.3%
FY25
ACI 5.5%
SFM 46.9%
ACI
SFM
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.