Ahold (ADRNY) versus The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Ahold (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) is one of 149 publicly-traded companies in the “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Ahold to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of Ahold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of shares of all “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Ahold pays an annual dividend of €0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ahold pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.8% and pay out 37.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Ahold and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ahold	0	3	0	0	2.00
Ahold Competitors	2243	8275	10065	459	2.42

As a group, “Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail” companies have a potential upside of 57.95%. Given Ahold’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ahold has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Ahold and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ahold	2.48%	16.43%	4.80%
Ahold Competitors	-25.86%	3.88%	2.96%

Risk & Volatility

Ahold has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ahold’s rivals have a beta of 0.44, suggesting that their average share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ahold and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ahold	$104.46 billion	$2.56 billion	12.61
Ahold Competitors	$36.51 billion	$846.26 million	17.23

Ahold has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Ahold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Ahold rivals beat Ahold on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Ahold

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. It operates its supermarkets, convenience stores, and online stores under the Food Lion, Stop & Shop, The GIANT Company, Hannaford, Giant Food, FreshDirect, Albert Heijn, bol.com, Etos, Gall & Gall, Delhaize, Albert, Alfa Beta Vassilopoulos, Mega Image, Delhaize Serbia, Peapod Digital labs, and Retail Business Service brands. The company was formerly known as Koninklijke Ahold N.V. and changed its name to Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. in July 2016. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands.