Albertsons (STU:27S) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:27S Albertsons Companies Inc STU:27S
56 GF Score
Price €10.74
GF Value €20.23
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What is Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Albertsons's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1,300 Mil. Albertsons's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €12,433 Mil. Albertsons's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €3,761 Mil. Albertsons's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3.65.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:27S' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.88   Med: 3.96   Max: 6.6
Current: 4.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Albertsons was 6.60. The lowest was 2.88. And the median was 3.96.

STU:27S's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
80.61% of 263 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.15 vs STU:27S: 4.83

Albertsons  (STU:27S) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:27S vs SFM, WMK, IMKTA: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


STU:27S
56GF Score
Albertsons Companies Inc STU:27S
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Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1076.2259676463 + 11879.562971119) / 2971.641154363
=4.36

Albertsons's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1299.6588821831 + 12433.394559608) / 3760.8700638986
=3.65

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Albertsons (STU:27S) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Albertsons stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €10.74 is trading 46.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of €20.23.

Key valuation signals for STU:27S:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €20.23 vs. price of €10.74 (46.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 56/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:27S stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Albertsons Business Description

Other Exchanges ACI:USA
Address 250 Parkcenter Boulevard, Boise, ID, USA, 83706
Albertsons Companies Inc is a food and drug retailer in United States. The company operate in well known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Star Market, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Haggen, Kings Food Markets, Balducci's Food Lovers Market, and others.
56GF Score

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