Short Interest in Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Increases By 242.5%

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 70,900 shares, a growth of 242.5% from the March 31st total of 20,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 246,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Trading Up 0.9 %

ADRNY opened at €29.97 ($31.88) on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is €29.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is €29.21. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 1-year low of €27.51 ($29.27) and a 1-year high of €35.17 ($37.41). The firm has a market capitalization of $28.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.94 and a beta of 0.50.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. The company reported €0.79 ($0.84) earnings per share for the quarter. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize had a net margin of 2.11% and a return on equity of 16.11%. The business had revenue of €24.79 billion for the quarter. Analysts expect that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.68 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 15th were given a dividend of $0.5226 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 12th. This is a positive change from Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s previous dividend of $0.42. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s payout ratio is presently 49.28%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, HSBC cut Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize from a “hold” rating to a “reduce” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 6th.

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.