Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Ahold NV (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) have received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the five analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company.

ADRNY has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Ahold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Kepler Capital Markets raised shares of Ahold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. UBS Group upgraded Ahold from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Ahold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th.

Ahold Price Performance

Ahold stock opened at €40.43 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.42. Ahold has a one year low of €31.64 and a one year high of €43.26. The firm has a market capitalization of $36.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.11, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.48. The business has a fifty day moving average price of €41.38 and a 200-day moving average price of €41.00.

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported €0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Ahold had a return on equity of 16.23% and a net margin of 2.25%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Ahold will post 2.84 EPS for the current 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.