Short Interest in Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:AHODF) Drops By 57.1%

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:AHODF) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,599,600 shares, a drop of 57.1% from the April 30th total of 6,056,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 499.9 days.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Stock Performance

AHODF stock opened at C$41.67 on Friday. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has a 52-week low of C$29.36 and a 52-week high of C$43.04. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$38.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$36.22.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 14th were issued a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 11th. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.15%.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize 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.