Ahold Delhaize Conference call feedback
Ahold Delhaize reported a good set of 3Q25 results, with comparable sales growing 2.9% to € 22.49bn, or in line with expectations (css: € 22.48bn, kbcse: € 22.51bn). The underlying EBIT increased by 13.4% at ccy to € 933m, or well above expectations (css: € 866m, kbcse: € 880m). The strong underlying EBIT performance was predominantly driven by a very strong margin improvement of 40bps to 4.6% in the US (css: 4.1%, kbcse: 4.2%). This was however partially driven by one-time non-recurring items, which had a positive impact of 20bps. Nevertheless, even when excluding for this effect, US margins ...