ACIAlbertsons Companies, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: insiders cluster-buying, but heavily shorted (+10% of shares).
Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −21% vs its 200-day average.
Multiple insiders bought with their own money, the strongest form of the signal (the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026).
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 2.8% since the previous count, up from 9.2% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How ACI is trading
Albertsons Companies, Inc. is −30% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 48 points behind the market. Through the fall, its own insiders bought $1.0M more stock than they sold.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −21%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 52
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 37%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $12.20
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- +4.3%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −30%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −38%
- vs 50-day average$12.10
- +0.83%
- 52-week high
- $19.22
- 52-week low
- $11.03
- Annualised volatility
- 33%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- $1.0M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −28% |
| 2025 | −10.0% |
| 2024 | −13% |
| 2023 | +13% |
| 2022 | −6.8% |
| 2021 | +75% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 2 of 6 | −1.8% |
| Feb | 6 | 3 of 6 | −0.26% |
| Mar | 6 | 5 of 6 | +7.0% |
| Apr | 6 | 2 of 6 | −1.7% |
| May | 6 | 3 of 6 | −1.1% |
| Jun | 6 | 2 of 6 | −3.7% |
| Jul | 7 | 4 of 7 | −2.7% |
| Aug | 7 | 5 of 7 | +6.5% |
| Sep | 7 | 3 of 7 | −3.9% |
| Oct | 7 | 4 of 7 | +2.7% |
| Nov | 6 | 6 of 6 | +6.4% |
| Dec | 6 | 2 of 6 | −1.2% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.