Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Short Interest Update

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 292,900 shares, a growth of 6,556.8% from the September 30th total of 4,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 232,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Stock Up 0.3 %

ADRNY stock traded up €0.10 ($0.11) during trading on Friday, hitting €33.18 ($36.07). 41,300 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 86,146. The business has a 50-day moving average price of €33.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of €32.00. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.98, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.49. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 52-week low of €27.51 ($29.90) and a 52-week high of €34.94 ($37.97).

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported €0.70 ($0.76) earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of €24.06 billion during the quarter. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize had a net margin of 2.09% and a return on equity of 15.98%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 12th were given a dividend of $0.4245 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 12th. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.55%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize from a "moderate sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd.

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.