secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)
CIK:        0001646972
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001646972-26-000028
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Albertsons Q4 adj EPS $0.48 (+4% YoY); opioid charge $774M; dividend +13%; buyback to $2B
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- Q4 adj net income $252M ($0.48) vs $269.5M ($0.46) prior year; adj EBITDA $903M.
- Recorded $774M ($600M after-tax) opioid settlement charge; framework to pay $774M over 9 years.
- FY2026 guidance: adj EPS $2.22-$2.32, adj EBITDA $3.85-$3.925B, identical sales 0.0-1.0%.
- Quarterly dividend raised 13% to $0.17 (annualized $0.68); payable May 8 to April 24 record.
- Share repurchase authorization increased by $900M to $2.0B remaining; completed $1.5B buyback in FY2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000028/0001646972-26-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000028/aci-20260414.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001646972-26-000028

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