Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Stock Rating Upgraded by Jefferies Financial Group

Key Points

• Ahold's stock rating has been upgraded by Jefferies Financial Group from "hold" to "strong-buy," indicating increased confidence from analysts.
• In contrast, Zacks Research downgraded Ahold from "strong-buy" to "hold," suggesting mixed analyst sentiment surrounding the stock.
• Ahold currently holds a market cap of $36.17 billion and reported €0.74 EPS in its most recent quarterly earnings results.

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) was upgraded by investment analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Separately, Zacks Research downgraded Ahold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy".

Ahold Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS ADRNY opened at €39.73 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The business's 50 day moving average is €40.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is €40.08. The company has a market cap of $36.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 0.49. Ahold has a 12 month low of €31.64 and a 12 month high of €42.98.

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

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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