Safeway Inc (SWY) Stock Analysis

Safeway Inc (SWY) Financial Summary

Safeway Inc (SWY) is a Consumer Defensive company in the Grocery Stores industry, listed on NYSE. The stock currently trades at $35.10 with a market capitalization of $8.09B.

Key valuation metrics include a P/E ratio of 71.28, price-to-book ratio of 1.48, and EPS of $0.48. The company reports a profit margin of 0.3% and return on equity of 2.1%.

SWY Key Financial Metrics

SWY Revenue & Earnings History

SWY Quality Indicators

Safeway Inc maintains a profit margin of 0.3% and an operating margin of 1.5%. Return on equity stands at 2.1%. The current ratio is 2.04. Debt-to-equity ratio is 0.55.

About Safeway Inc

DELISTED - Safeway Inc. (Safeway) is a food and drug retailer in North America. As of December 29, 2012, the Company had 1,641 stores. The Company's United States retail operations are located principally in California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, the Chicago metropolitan area and the Mid-Atlantic region. In support of its retail operations, the Company has a network of distribution, manufacturing and food-processing facilities. Safeway owns and operates GroceryWorks.com Operating Company, LLC (GroceryWorks), an online grocery channel doing business under the names Safeway.com and Vons.com (collectively Safeway.com). Safeway also has a 49% interest in Casa Ley, S.A. de C.V. (Casa Ley), which operates 195 food and general merchandise stores in Western Mexico. In October 2013, Safeway Inc sold four of its Dominick's stores in the greater Chicago area. In November 2013, Safeway Inc announced that it had completed the sale of Canada Safeway ULC to Sobeys Inc.

SWY Free Cash Flow

Safeway Inc generated $-1.23B in trailing twelve-month free cash flow, representing an FCF yield of -15.24%. This low FCF yield may reflect heavy reinvestment or growth spending.

SWY Shares Outstanding

Safeway Inc has 0.23 billion shares outstanding at a share price of $35.10, giving it a market capitalization of $8.09B.