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Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.

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46
Grocery Stores · Consumer Defensive
Price
$36.63
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$32.30B
Exchange
Other OTC
Winston Score
46
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 13, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

12.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.03B (2021) → 905.0M (2025)

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize is a large Dutch grocery company that owns and operates supermarkets and online food delivery services across the United States and Europe. Its well-known store brands include Stop & Shop, Food Lion, Giant, and Hannaford in the US, plus Albert Heijn in the Netherlands. It serves everyday shoppers looking for groceries, household goods, and fresh food.

The company makes money primarily through in-store grocery sales, with a growing share coming from online grocery orders through its platforms like Peapod Digital Labs and bol.com. Ahold Delhaize operates roughly 7,000 stores across more than a dozen countries, making it one of the largest food retail groups in the world. Its moat comes from strong regional brand loyalty and an established supply chain, though thin operating margins — typical for grocery retail — leave it vulnerable to food price inflation, rising labor costs, and increasing competition from discount grocers and Amazon.

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Quality

Gross Margin
26.4%
Modest — 26.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
3.4%
Thin — 3.4% operating margin
ROCE
4.1%
Weak — 4.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-0.3%
Shrinking sales (-0.3% YoY)
EPS YoY
+24.8%
Earnings growing fast (+24.8% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
293%
Turns 293% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
4.2%
Thin free cash flow (4.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.34
Conservative — low debt load (0.34)
Interest Cover
4.04x
Adequate interest coverage (4.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
14.5x
Attractive valuation — P/E 14.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+3.1
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (14.5 → 11.4)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.20%
Moderate income — 3.20% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+19.9%
Dividend growing fast (19.9% YoY)

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