Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Receives Average Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the five analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have given a strong buy recommendation to the company.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group raised Ahold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Zacks Research lowered Ahold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. UBS Group upgraded Ahold from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Kepler Capital Markets raised shares of Ahold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th.

Ahold Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of OTCMKTS ADRNY opened at €40.59 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is €41.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is €41.04. The company has a market capitalization of $36.65 billion, a PE ratio of 16.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.48. Ahold has a 12-month low of €31.64 and a 12-month high of €43.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.72 and a quick ratio of 0.43.

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported €0.78 earnings per share for the quarter. Ahold had a net margin of 2.25% and a return on equity of 16.19%. Equities analysts anticipate that Ahold will post 2.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ahold 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.