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

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 14,200 shares, a growth of 63.2% from the August 15th total of 8,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 51,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Stock Performance

ADRNY opened at €34.23 ($37.62) on Friday. The company has a market cap of $32.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.54, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.50. The company’s fifty day moving average price is €32.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is €31.20. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 1-year low of €27.51 ($30.23) and a 1-year high of €34.69 ($38.12). The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported €0.70 ($0.77) 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%. On average, analysts expect that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 12th were given a $0.4245 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 12th. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 42.03%.

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.