Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Ahold NV has received an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from five research firms, with three analysts rating it as a hold and two as a strong buy.
• The company recently reported earnings of €0.74 per share, with a net margin of 2.02% and a return on equity of 15.88%.
• Ahold has announced a dividend yield of 250.0%, with a dividend payout ratio of 42.01% for its latest payment of $0.4157 per share.

Shares of Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the five research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company.

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Ahold from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. UBS Group raised shares of Ahold from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of Ahold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th.

Ahold Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of ADRNY stock opened at €43.23 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of $39.36 billion, a PE ratio of 19.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a 50-day moving average of €40.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of €40.53. Ahold has a 1-year low of €31.64 and a 1-year high of €43.26.

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported €0.74 earnings per share for the quarter. Ahold had a net margin of 2.02% and a return on equity of 15.88%. On average, analysts predict that Ahold will post 2.84 EPS for the current year.

Ahold Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 12th were paid a $0.4157 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 11th. This represents a dividend yield of 250.0%. Ahold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.01%.

Ahold Company Profile

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. operates retail food stores and e-commerce in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's stores offer produce, dairy, meat, deli, bakery, seafood, and frozen products; grocery, beer, and wine; floral, pet food, health and beauty care, kitchen and cookware, gardening tools, general merchandise articles, electronics, newspapers and magazines, tobacco, etc.; gasoline; and pharmacy products.

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