Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE:ACI ) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript January 8, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Melissa Plaisance - SVP, IR, Treasury, and Risk Management Vivek Sankaran - CEO Sharon McCollam - President and CFO Conference Call Participants Ken Goldman - JPMorgan John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Partners Edward Kelly - Wells Fargo Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley Mark Carden - UBS Leah Jordan - Goldman Sachs Robby Ohmes - Bank of America Scott Mushkin - R5 Capital Michael Montani - Evercore ISI Joe Feldman - Telsey Advisory Group Bill Kirk - ROTH Kelly Bania - BMO Capital Markets Chuck Cerankosky - Northcoast Research Jacob Aiken-Phillips - Melius Research Operator Welcome to the Albertsons Companies Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call, and thank you for standing by. All participants will be in a listen-only mode until the Q&A session.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Albertsons Companies (ACI) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended November 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Albertsons Cos. Inc.'s stock rose 3.6% early Wednesday, after the grocery chain beat profit estimates for its fiscal third quarter, offsetting a small revenue miss.
Albertsons missed third-quarter sales expectations on Wednesday, as intense competition from bigger retailers such as Walmart and Kroger offering heavy discounts and promotions hurt demand.
Albertsons (ACI) is set to report fiscal 2024 third-quarter results Wednesday morning, its first report since the grocery chain's proposed merger with Kroger (KR) fell apart last month after months of legal challenges.
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday walked investors through next week's market action, highlighting new economic data from the nonfarm payroll report and the latest purchasing managers' index, as well as earnings from grocery giant Albertsons. "It's a light week, but still impactful.
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Albertsons Companies (ACI), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended November 2024.
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