ABEV vs. BUD, DEO, KDP, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, BLNE, and CASK
Should you be buying Ambev stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ambev include Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Vita Coco (COCO), Westrock Coffee (WEST), BRC (BRCC), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Eastside Distilling (BLNE), and Heritage Distilling (CASK). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.
Ambev vs. Its Competitors
Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.
Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ambev pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 24.3% 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.
Ambev has a net margin of 17.02% compared to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's net margin of 10.98%. Ambev's return on equity of 16.12% beat Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's return on equity.
8.1% of Ambev shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ambev has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ambev. Ambev is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV had 5 more articles in the media than Ambev. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and 4 mentions for Ambev. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ambev's score of 0.31 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 349 more outperform votes than Ambev when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.36% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote.
Ambev currently has a consensus price target of $2.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.05%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a consensus price target of $71.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Ambev's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ambev is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Summary
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Ambev on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ABEV) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
