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Profile - Ahold (NYSE:AHO)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 30Earnings Announcement
Upcoming Events
Oct 24Dividend payment of $0.15
Location
Albert Heijnweg, 1 Zaandam
P.O. Box 3050, 1500 HB Zaandam
The Netherlands, Netherlands
Phone: (212) 889-4350
Fax: (212) 683-2614
Email: investor.relations@corp.ahold.nl
Employees (last reported count): 279,533
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Retail (Grocery)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 30%
·Institutional: 1% (1% of float)
(113 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 366.0K shares (+4.91%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Royal Ahold is a food provider through a variety of store formats.. During 1999, the Company provided food primarily through retail outlets complemented by its wholesale and food supply activities. The Company is also one of the largest and among the most internationally diverse food providing groups worldwide. As of December 2000, the Company operated approximately 8,000 supermarkets, hypermarkets and other store formats in the United States, Europe, Latin America and Asia. The store format the Company primarily uses is the supermarket. The Company also operates through hypermarkets, discount stores, specialty stores, cash-and-carry stores and convenience stores.
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Financial Summary
Ahold is principally engaged in the operation of food retail supermarkets. As of 12/00, the Company operated or serviced 8,600 stores in The Netherlands, U.S., Southern and Central Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia. For the 28 weeks ended 7/15/01, total sales rose 46% to EUR34.27 billion. Net income applicable to Comm. rose 29% to EUR619.2 million. Results reflect increased sales to U.S. and Europe, partially offset by a EUR75.9 million goodwill amortization expense.
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Officers

Position
H. De Ruiter, 66Chairman
C. Van der Hoeven, 52Pres, CEO
R. Nelissen, 68Vice Chairman
A. Meurs, 49Exec. VP, Finanace, Admin., Internal Audit and Bus. Devel.
J. Andreae, 53Exec. VP, European Operations
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:AHOAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 20-Sep-2000
$26.001
Recent Price$30.28 
52-Week High
on 2-Mar-2001
$33.49 
Beta0.59 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)59.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)85.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+6.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+42.7%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$24.8B
Shares Outstanding817.9M
Float572.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Split: factor 1.0118 on 12-Oct-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.47 
Earnings (ttm)$1.38 
Earnings (mrq)$0.34 
Sales (ttm)$69.68 
Cash (mrq*)$1.28 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)8.73 
Price/Earnings (ttm)21.99 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.43 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$57.6B
EBITDA (ttm*)$2.45B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.13B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.1%
Operating Margin (ttm)4.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
15-July-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-July-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.59%
Return on Equity (ttm)60.03%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.93 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)4.19 
Total Cash (mrq)$1.06B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short588.0K
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
538.0K
Short Ratio9.80 
Daily Volume60.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR1
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