Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Short Interest Update

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) was the target of a large decline in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,000 shares, a decline of 68.0% from the May 15th total of 25,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 162,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Price Performance

Shares of ADRNY traded up €0.06 ($0.07) during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching €41.29 ($48.01). 26,400 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 114,283. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of €40.85 and a 200 day moving average price of €37.12. The company has a market cap of $37.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 1 year low of €29.51 ($34.31) and a 1 year high of €42.98 ($49.98).

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported €0.65 ($0.76) EPS for the quarter. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize had a net margin of 1.97% and a return on equity of 15.81%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 14th were given a dividend of $0.7044 per share. This is a positive change from Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize's previous dividend of $0.42. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 14th. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize's payout ratio is 58.17%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Kepler Capital Markets lowered shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th.

About Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

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.