For 2015 the consensus of the earnings per share of Ahold is at profit of 1,05 euros. Based on this the price/earnings-ratio equals 19,8.
The consensus of the dividends per share is at 54 cents.Consequently the dividend return is around 2,6 percent. On average the stocks in this sector yield a dividend return of around 0,86 percent.
The stock Ahold is covered by 20 analysts. The average target price for Ahold is at 21,87 euros. This is 42900 percent more than the current stock price of 20,79 euros.
The stocks Ahold, Delhaize and Sligro in the sector food & drug sector have the most buy recommendations. The 3 most recent recommendations for the food & drug sector were provided by UBS (hold, 19,50 euros), Morgan Stanley (buy, 23,00 euros) and Nomura Securities (hold, 19,00 euros).
Ahold's book value/price equals 0,28. The food & drug retailer now trades at a Shiller PE of 13.32. The stock now trades at 20,79 euros. This equals 31 times the 2014's earnings per share.