albertsons cos inc stock aci jumped 29 in premarket trade tuesday after the grocery store chain which is in the midst of merging with kroger co kr  posted betterthanexpected earnings for its fiscal third quarter the company had net income of 3755 million or 20 cents a share for the quarter to dec 3 down from 4245 million or 74 cents a share in the yearearlier period adjusted pershare earnings came to 87 cents a share well ahead of the 66 cent factset consensus sales rose to 182 billion from 167 billion also ahead of the 178 billion factset consensus the stock has fallen 34 in the last 12 months while the sp 500 spx has fallen 17