Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) versus Eurocash (OTCMKTS:EUSHY) Head to Head Analysis

Eurocash (OTCMKTS:EUSHY) and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize (OTCMKTS:ADRNY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Eurocash and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eurocash	0	0	0	0	0.00
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize	1	1	0	0	1.50

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of Eurocash shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Eurocash pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize pays an annual dividend of €0.86 ($0.90) per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Eurocash pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize pays out 40.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Eurocash and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eurocash	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.32	2.65
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize	$95.94 billion	0.34	$2.03 billion	€2.11 ($2.20)	16.78

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize has higher revenue and earnings than Eurocash. Eurocash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Eurocash and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eurocash	N/A	N/A	N/A
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize	2.06%	16.37%	4.94%

Summary

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize beats Eurocash on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Eurocash

Eurocash S.A. engages in the wholesale distribution of food and other fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) in Poland. The company operates through Wholesale, Retail, and Projects segments. Its FMCG products include food products, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and household chemicals and cosmetics. The company markets its products to traditional retail stores, including small supermarkets, grocery stores, and specialized grocery stores; and kiosks, retail outlets, and convenience stores, restaurants, gas stations, hotel and café chains, and catering outlets. It operates a network of Cash & Carry warehouses; Delikatesy Centrum network supermarkets; Inmedio; and franchise and partner stores of Eurocash distribution. Eurocash S.A. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Komorniki, Poland.

About Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

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.