Short Interest in Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Expands By 152.0%

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 37,800 shares, a growth of 152.0% from the May 31st total of 15,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 264,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize stock opened at €29.59 ($31.82) on Friday. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 52 week low of €27.51 ($29.58) and a 52 week high of €35.17 ($37.81). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.59 and a current ratio of 0.87. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of €30.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of €29.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.99 billion, a PE ratio of 14.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 0.48.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 8th. The company reported €0.64 ($0.69) earnings per share for the quarter. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize had a return on equity of 15.97% and a net margin of 2.06%. The business had revenue of €23.59 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize will post 2.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 15th were issued a $0.5226 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 12th. This is a boost from Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s previous dividend of $0.42. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 49.76%.

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.