Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Sees Large Decline in Short Interest

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

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Stock Down 0.7%

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize stock traded down €0.27 ($0.31) during midday trading on Friday, hitting €41.23 ($47.39). 65,950 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 115,068. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.79. The company has a market cap of $37.67 billion, a PE ratio of 20.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.53. The firm has a 50-day moving average of €40.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of €37.01. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 12 month low of €29.51 ($33.92) and a 12 month high of €42.98 ($49.40).

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported €0.65 ($0.75) earnings per share (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, analysts expect that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.84 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 14th were given a dividend of $0.7044 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 14th. This is a boost from Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize's previous dividend of $0.42. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 58.17%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize 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.