Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Short Interest Update

Key Points

• Ahold NV experienced a 30.7% decrease in short interest during July, with a total of 13,800 shares shorted as of July 31st.
• Analyst ratings for Ahold have fluctuated, with Zacks and Kepler Capital Markets downgrading the stock to a "hold", while Wall Street Zen upgraded it to a "strong-buy", resulting in a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".
• The company announced a dividend payment of $0.4157 per share, representing a dividend yield of 250.0%, with an ex-dividend date set for August 11th.

Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,800 shares, adecreaseof30.7% from the July 15th total of 19,900 shares. Approximately0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 84,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Based on an average trading volume of 84,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ahold from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Kepler Capital Markets downgraded Ahold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Ahold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

Ahold Stock Performance

Ahold stock traded down €0.33 during trading hours on Monday, hitting €40.59. The company had a trading volume of 41,416 shares, compared to its average volume of 95,007. The firm has a 50-day moving average of €40.89 and a 200 day moving average of €39.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.46. The firm has a market cap of $36.96 billion, a PE ratio of 18.53, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.50. Ahold has a one year low of €31.64 and a one year high of €42.98.

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported €0.74 EPS for the quarter. Ahold had a return on equity of 15.82% and a net margin of 2.02%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Ahold will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Ahold Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 28th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 12th will be given a $0.4157 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 250.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 11th. Ahold's payout ratio is presently 42.47%.

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.