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

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Price Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS:ADRNY opened at €30.01 ($31.93) on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The company has a market cap of $28.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.36, a P/E/G ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.50. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of €29.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of €29.21. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 52 week low of €27.51 ($29.27) and a 52 week high of €35.17 ($37.41).

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. The company reported €0.79 ($0.84) EPS for the quarter. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize had a net margin of 2.11% and a return on equity of 16.11%. The firm had revenue of €24.79 billion during the quarter. Equities research analysts forecast that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.68 EPS for the current year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 15th were paid 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 dividend payout ratio is currently 49.28%.

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.