ALBERTSONS COS INC ACI
COMMON STOCK · Common Stock · CUSIP 013091103 · ISIN US0130911037
American grocery chain
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryRetail-Grocery Stores
- HeadquartersBoise, ID
- Founded1939
- Websitealbertsonscompanies.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($13.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 576.0m as of 2024-01-05, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $23.00. Options: 33 managers hold calls ($402.4m notional), 27 hold puts ($197.2m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 310 |
| Q4 2022 | 346 |
| Q1 2023 | 387 |
| Q2 2023 | 403 |
| Q3 2023 | 428 |
| Q4 2023 | 433 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 210 | 144 |
| Q1 2023 | 257 | 127 |
| Q2 2023 | 225 | 184 |
| Q3 2023 | 234 | 167 |
| Q4 2023 | 212 | 181 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $132.4m | $87.4m | 0.66 |
| Q2 2023 | $202.4m | $84.4m | 0.42 |
| Q3 2023 | $171.0m | $140.5m | 0.82 |
| Q4 2023 | $402.4m | $197.2m | 0.49 |
Biggest buyers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +11.5m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +3.6m |
| TOMS Capital Investment Management LP | New | +3.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.0m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +2.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.9m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +895.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +878.3k |
| LMR Partners LLP | Added | +845.1k |
| Segantii Capital Management Ltd | Added | +790.2k |
Biggest sellers
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -6.6m |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP | Reduced | -2.2m |
| TIG Advisors, LLC | Reduced | -1.6m |
| Sand Grove Capital Management LLP | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| NATIXIS | Reduced | -1.1m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | -876.0k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -848.1k |
Biggest calls
| TOMS Capital Investment Management LP | New | $98.1m4.3m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $79.3m3.4m shares |
| Antara Capital LP | Reduced | $53.9m2.3m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $36.8m1.6m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $32.3m1.4m shares |
| LMR Partners LLP | New | $21.1m915.9k shares |
| Maven Securities LTD | Added | $18.3m797.7k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $11.7m509.6k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | New | $7.3m317.2k shares |
| Taconic Capital Advisors LP | Not comparable | $6.9m300.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Unchanged | $66.2m2.9m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $21.8m945.9k shares |
| Antara Capital LP | Added | $20.7m899.0k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $18.4m800.0k shares |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP | New | $18.4m800.0k shares |
| LMR Partners LLP | New | $15.6m677.5k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | Reduced | $7.5m325.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $5.1m222.5k shares |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | New | $5.1m220.6k shares |
| Maven Securities LTD | New | $4.6m201.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +1.2 pts · filed 2026-07-27 | 8.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $4.7m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $15.3m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.4m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $681.8k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. 76.90% of their portfolio | 151.8m $3.5bn | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 32.8m $755.0m | Reduced -319.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.4m $470.1m | Added +878.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 16.0m $368.2m | Added +11.5m |
| NORGES BANK 0.05% of their portfolio | 13.6m $312.5m | Added +618.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.2m $188.2m | Added +509.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.2m $142.2m | Added +425.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 5.5m $127.2m | Added +3.6m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 5.5m $126.3m | Added +2.0m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.0m $115.3m | Reduced -58.5k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.25% of their portfolio | 5.0m $114.8m | Added +283.1k |
| ALPINE ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT INC. 5.19% of their portfolio | 4.4m $101.2m | Added +133.9k |
| Segantii Capital Management Ltd 5.74% of their portfolio | 4.1m $94.9m | Added +790.2k |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 2.30% of their portfolio | 3.9m $90.5m | Reduced -731.3k |
| YALE UNIVERSITY 78.87% of their portfolio | 3.9m $89.1m | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.8m $87.0m | Reduced -174.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.16% of their portfolio | 3.7m $86.2m | Added +895.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.6m $83.6m | Added +2.0m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.4m $77.8m | Added +1.9m |
| TOMS Capital Investment Management LP 6.08% of their portfolio | 3.2m $74.7m | New |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.60% of their portfolio | 2.9m $67.0m | Reduced -66.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.8m $63.8m | Added +248.5k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.8m $63.8m | Added +569.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.6m $59.3m | Added +313.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.5m $57.2m | Added +45.2k |
| LUBERT-ADLER MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LP 95.51% of their portfolio | 2.5m $57.0m | Reduced -22.9k |
| Westchester Capital Management, LLC 2.26% of their portfolio | 2.4m $56.2m | Reduced -403.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $55.3m | Added +692.2k |
| Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 4.41% of their portfolio | 2.4m $54.6m | Added +416.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $52.7m | Added +59.3k |
| Sand Grove Capital Management LLP 15.54% of their portfolio | 2.2m $50.2m | Reduced -1.5m |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $50.0m | Reduced -848.1k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $49.4m | Added +52.8k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.0m $44.9m | Added +129.0k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.79% of their portfolio | 1.9m $44.8m | Reduced -2.2m |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $44.2m | Reduced -554.9k |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC 1.68% of their portfolio | 1.8m $41.7m | Added +354.7k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.8m $41.6m | Reduced -359.5k |
| Nekton Capital Ltd. 9.48% of their portfolio | 1.8m $41.3m | Reduced -422.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $40.0m | Reduced -6.6m |
| TIG Advisors, LLC 5.89% of their portfolio | 1.7m $39.3m | Reduced -1.6m |
| WATER ISLAND CAPITAL LLC 3.98% of their portfolio | 1.7m $38.8m | Added +439.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.6m $37.6m | Added +705.4k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.6m $36.6m | Reduced -270.4k |
| WHITEBOX ADVISORS LLC 1.58% of their portfolio | 1.6m $35.7m | Added +443.8k |
| PRIVATE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC 1.36% of their portfolio | 1.5m $35.6m | Reduced -18.0k |
| OCONNOR, A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS (LLC) 1.10% of their portfolio | 1.5m $34.8m | Not comparable |
| Calamos Advisors LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.5m $34.6m | Added +705.9k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.74% of their portfolio | 1.5m $34.3m | Reduced -1.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $33.7m | Added +386.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.4m $33.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.83% of their portfolio | 1.4m $33.2m | Added +845.1k |
| Palliser Capital (UK) Ltd 50.26% of their portfolio | 1.4m $32.6m | Added +328.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $31.5m | Added +111.3k |
| READYSTATE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 1.69% of their portfolio | 1.2m $28.4m | Added +480.6k |
| MANGROVE PARTNERS IM, LLC 1.90% of their portfolio | 1.2m $27.0m | Unchanged |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $25.4m | Added +600.7k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.9m | Reduced -633.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.8m | Added +61.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.5m | Added +88.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $23.1m | Reduced -221.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 929.6k $21.4m | Reduced -76.5k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 873.7k $20.1m | Reduced -78.3k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 873.3k $20.1m | Added +20.3k |
| SCOUT INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.50% of their portfolio | 869.7k $20.0m | Reduced -194.7k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.07% of their portfolio | 865.8k $19.9m | Added +603.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 856.2k $19.7m | Added +251.1k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 835.1k $19.2m | Added +333.2k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 800.0k $18.4m | Reduced -385.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 798.0k $18.4m | Reduced -613.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 797.9k $18.4m | Reduced -59.4k |
| GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 3.40% of their portfolio | 788.1k $18.1m | Reduced -14.4k |
| AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP INC 6.66% of their portfolio | 786.8k $18.1m | Unchanged |
| Schechter Investment Advisors, LLC 1.55% of their portfolio | 777.0k $17.9m | Added +51.6k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 689.2k $15.9m | Added +58.6k |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP 0.29% of their portfolio | 673.3k $15.5m | Added +583.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 669.5k $15.4m | Added +308.8k |
| NATIXIS 0.12% of their portfolio | 664.0k $15.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 663.2k $15.3m | Added +491.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 633.0k $14.6m | Reduced -77.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 631.5k $14.5m | Added +301.9k |
| Diameter Capital Partners LP 3.55% of their portfolio | 625.0k $14.4m | Unchanged |
| TOWERVIEW LLC 8.44% of their portfolio | 600.0k $13.8m | Unchanged |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 584.5k $13.4m | Reduced -1.4m |
| ING GROEP NV 0.11% of their portfolio | 573.8k $13.2m | Reduced -120.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 570.9k $13.1m | Added +87.0k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 567.6k $13.1m | Reduced -30.9k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.26% of their portfolio | 562.4k $12.9m | Reduced -17.9k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 511.8k $11.8m | Reduced -178.3k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 509.8k $11.7m | Added +33.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 489.9k $11.3m | Added +14.3k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 485.5k $11.2m | Added +181.0k |
| One Fin Capital Management LP 4.25% of their portfolio | 485.0k $11.2m | Reduced -250.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 480.6k $11.1m | Added +1.9k |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC 1.22% of their portfolio | 458.8k $10.6m | Added +49.7k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP 0.75% of their portfolio | 457.4k $10.5m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 438.4k $10.0m | New |
| BARDIN HILL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS LP 4.31% of their portfolio | 433.8k $10.0m | Reduced -77.2k |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. 0.20% of their portfolio | 416.4k $9.6m | Added +85.7k |
| Governors Lane LP 1.22% of their portfolio | 409.8k $9.4m | Added +204.9k |