Ahold Delhaize sets CEO start date as Ahold Delhaize stock trades below its high
Published on 10/23/2026 at 09:28 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSLeadership dates and financial scale
- Thierry Garnier will join Ahold Delhaize on January 11, 2027, before becoming CEO on March 3, 2027.
- Second-quarter 2026 revenue reached EUR 23.17 billion, compared with EUR 23.09 billion a year earlier.
- Ahold Delhaize had a market capitalization of EUR 28.6 billion as of October 23, 2026.
Ahold Delhaize (ISIN NL0011794037) was trading at EUR 32.88 at Lang & Schwarz on October 23, 2026 at 9:19 a.m. CEST, 22.69 percent below its EUR 42.54 52-week high. The grocery group is preparing a defined leadership handover, with Thierry Garnier set to become president and CEO in 2027, according to Ahold Delhaize on October 21, 2026.
Garnier gets a fixed timetable
Garnier will join Ahold Delhaize as an executive vice president on January 11, 2027, and will take over as president and CEO at the close of business on March 3, 2027. Frans Muller will remain responsible for the group until that date and will then retire, giving the transition a defined operational endpoint.
The sequence began on October 13, 2026, when shareholders approved Garnier, Claire Peters and Margaret Versteden-Van Duijn as Management Board members, while Edmond Mesrobian joined the Supervisory Board. Ahold Delhaize said the exact transition date would be determined by the Supervisory Board.
What does the transition change?
The leadership event matters because it arrives before the next quarterly update. Ahold Delhaize is scheduled to publish third-quarter 2026 results on November 4, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. CET, according to the company investor calendar.
The latest reported operating comparison came in the second quarter of 2026. Revenue rose to EUR 23.17 billion from EUR 23.09 billion a year earlier, while net profit declined to EUR 526 million from EUR 548 million, according to Markets Insider. The combination points to modest sales growth alongside pressure on earnings conversion.
Dates frame the next test
The next two scheduled company dates are November 4, 2026 for third-quarter results and February 17, 2027 for fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results. Both dates appear in the investor calendar on Ahold Delhaize.
Stock stays below its yearly high
Ahold Delhaize had a market capitalization of EUR 28.6 billion as of October 23, 2026. Its 52-week range was EUR 30.34 to EUR 42.54, placing the current Lang & Schwarz quote 8.37 percent above the yearly low and 22.69 percent below the yearly high.
The stock was trading at EUR 32.88 at Lang & Schwarz on October 23, 2026 at 9:19 a.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Ahold Delhaize stock.
Ahold Delhaize stock facts
- Company: Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.
- ISIN: NL0011794037
- Ticker: AD
- Primary exchange: Euronext Amsterdam
- Price Lang & Schwarz (as of October 23, 2026, 9:19 a.m. CEST): EUR 32.88
- Market capitalization: EUR 28.6 billion (as of October 23, 2026)
- 52-week range: EUR 30.34-EUR 42.54 (as of October 23, 2026)
Market context: Market report AEX.
