Albertsons Companies Inc (ACI) is slightly undervalued and Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc (NGVC) is slightly undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, ACI trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +14%, against +12% for NGVC.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 6.0% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $14.03; the price of $12.07 is 14% below that value.
Leak Score 30/100 on 2 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 10.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $34.08; the price of $30.08 is 12% below that value, and 72% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 47/100 on 9 of 12 signals
| Metric | ACI | NGVC |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Slightly undervalued | Slightly undervalued |
| Price | $12.07 | $30.08 |
| Intrinsic value | $14.03 | $34.08 |
| Margin of safety | +14% | +12% |
| Leak Score | 30/100 (2/12) | 47/100 (9/12) |
| Market cap | $5.9B | $693M |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 4.7% |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 3.5% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | 21.6% |
| Debt to equity | 9.74 | 1.35 |
| P/E | 161.4x | 14.7x |
| Forward P/E | — | 13.3x |
| P/B | 3.7x | 2.9x |
| Dividend yield | 4.5% | 1.7% |