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Company snapshot — Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

AD.AS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ahold Delhaize runs supermarkets, convenience stores and online grocery across the Netherlands, the United States and other markets, selling fresh food, packaged groceries, pharmacy and general merchandise. It trades under a set of local names, including Albert Heijn and bol in the Netherlands, Food Lion, Giant, Hannaford and Stop & Shop in the United States, and Delhaize, Mega Image and Profi elsewhere in Europe. It is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands, and traces its roots to nineteenth-century Dutch retailing.
Where it sits in the stack
Ahold Delhaize carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector within the wider Closelook universe, where it is grouped as a grocery-store operator rather than placed in any AI build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other Consumer Defensive names scored in our universe, including Kerry Group, Anheuser-Busch InBev, George Weston and Sprouts Farmers Market; the market also compares it with Walmart on grocery scale.
Why Closelook tracks it
The diary carries a Closelook score for the name, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no index seats and has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the gap between the firm's valuation reading and its weaker momentum narrows, and how the US and Dutch store formats perform against each other.

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AD.AS) trades on the AS exchange in Netherlands, classified under Consumer Defensive.

The Closelook company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 21, quality 38, valuation 79) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for AD.AS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Grocery Stores · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Grocery Stores

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against AD.AS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.92%, semi-annual · buybacks 1.01 bn EUR in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What AD.AS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.24 EUR per share · a 3.92% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +5.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.18 EUR per share
  • Last distribution 0.51 EUR per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.18 EUR (partial) · 2026: 1.24 EUR to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-11
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.07 bn EUR 47% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.01 bn EUR 3.6% of today's market value
  • Share count −3.0% in FY2025 70 m EUR of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 2.08 bn EUR · 47% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Consumer staples in Europe: +0.4% week · +0.7% month · +1.8% quarter · +11.8% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXH5.XETRA+EXV9.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AD.AS)?

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV trades as AD.AS on the AS exchange (Netherlands) and is classified under Consumer Defensive in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is AD.AS in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV's Closelook composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 21, quality 38 and valuation 79 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does AD.AS trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.2% vs the 50-day and -10.8% vs the 200-day average, 23.3% below the 52-week high and +4.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 53 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV do?

Ahold Delhaize runs supermarkets, convenience stores and online grocery across the Netherlands, the United States and other markets, selling fresh food, packaged groceries, pharmacy and general merchandise. It trades under a set of local names, including Albert Heijn and bol in the Netherlands, Food Lion, Giant, Hannaford and Stop & Shop in the United States, and Delhaize, Mega Image and Profi elsewhere in Europe. It is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands, and traces its roots to nineteenth-century Dutch retailing. Closelook's peer group places it with other Consumer Defensive names scored in our universe, including Kerry Group, Anheuser-Busch InBev, George Weston and Sprouts Farmers Market; the market also compares it with Walmart on grocery scale.

Where does Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV sit in the AI build-out?

Ahold Delhaize carries no seat in our index; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector within the wider Closelook universe, where it is grouped as a grocery-store operator rather than placed in any AI build-out layer. The diary carries a Closelook score for the name, with valuation its strongest module and momentum its weakest; it holds no index seats and has not drawn a quote in the diary's editions.

Does Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV pay a dividend?

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV has paid 1.24 EUR per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.92% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.51 EUR on 2026-08-07. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.07 bn EUR in dividends and bought back 1.01 bn EUR of its own shares, 47% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 3.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for AD.AS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Grocery Stores, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.