secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Albertsons Companies, Inc. (ACI)
CIK:        0001646972
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-23T11:31:10+00:00
Accession:  0001646972-26-000041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Albertsons Q1 adj EPS $0.42 vs $0.55 YoY; cuts FY2026 guidance on consumer softness
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- Identical sales -0.8%; digital sales +13%; net income $85M ($0.17) vs $236M ($0.41) YoY.
- Adjusted net income $210M ($0.42) vs $319M ($0.55); adjusted EBITDA $1,013M vs $1,111M.
- FY2026 guidance cut: identical sales (1.5%)-(0.5%); adj EBITDA $3.55B-$3.625B; adj EPS $1.75-$1.85.
- Announced ACI Edge: consolidating 11 divisions into 4 regions, centralizing center-store merchandising.
- Dividend raised 13% to $0.17/share; repurchased 13.4M shares for $226.5M in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000041/0001646972-26-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1646972/000164697226000041/aci-20260723.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001646972-26-000041

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