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ABEV vs. BUD, DEO, KDP, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, LQR, and BLNE

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), LQR House (LQR), and Eastside Distilling (BLNE). These companies are all part of the "beer & liquor" industry.

Ambev vs.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) and Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV$59.77B1.96$5.34B$2.9122.35
Ambev$89.45B0.44$2.90B$0.1714.68

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV10.98% 15.29% 6.47%
Ambev 17.02%16.12%10.48%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ambev pays out 52.9% 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.

In the previous week, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV had 9 more articles in the media than Ambev. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and 9 mentions for Ambev. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ambev's score of 0.73 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ambev
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambev has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 346 more outperform votes than Ambev when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.39% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVOutperform Votes
733
65.39%
Underperform Votes
388
34.61%
AmbevOutperform Votes
387
60.75%
Underperform Votes
250
39.25%

5.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Ambev shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.48%. Ambev has a consensus target price of $2.45, suggesting a potential downside of 1.80%. Given Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is more favorable than Ambev.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Ambev
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

Summary

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Ambev on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABEV vs. The Competition

MetricAmbevBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.32B$51.67B$17.36B$19.02B
Dividend Yield3.69%2.64%2.92%4.03%
P/E Ratio13.8617.3015.5833.12
Price / Sales0.4429.484.1328.04
Price / Cash6.9821.9616.3917.52
Price / Book2.455.296.304.51
Net Income$2.90B$2.61B$731.54M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.63%-3.39%0.87%1.38%
1 Month Performance6.40%46.86%0.11%-1.99%
1 Year Performance6.85%-4.34%-1.42%5.28%

Ambev Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABEV
Ambev
1.2231 of 5 stars
$2.50
-1.4%
$2.45
-1.8%
+8.8%$39.32B$89.45B13.8652,000Short Interest ↑
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.7986 of 5 stars
$65.09
+0.1%
$66.00
+1.4%
+10.3%$116.94B$59.77B20.08166,600Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
DEO
Diageo
2.3244 of 5 stars
$110.86
+0.3%
$129.00
+16.4%
-18.9%$61.66B$20.21B16.1828,600Positive News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.5488 of 5 stars
$33.98
-1.2%
$39.33
+15.7%
+2.6%$46.09B$15.35B20.5928,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CCU
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas
1.6549 of 5 stars
$15.12
-1.7%
$11.03
-27.0%
+25.5%$2.79B$2.90T20.169,350Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
COCO
Vita Coco
1.2296 of 5 stars
$29.90
-3.0%
$34.57
+15.6%
+36.3%$1.70B$516.01M30.16280Earnings Report
News Coverage
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.6838 of 5 stars
$5.64
-1.2%
$10.40
+84.4%
-42.8%$531.35M$850.73M-6.561,399Upcoming Earnings
BRCC
BRC
1.7962 of 5 stars
$2.33
+1.1%
$4.60
+97.8%
-41.4%$495.33M$391.49M-29.06840Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
0.7357 of 5 stars
$6.07
+0.4%
N/A+44.9%$30.11M$39.78M-9.94270Short Interest ↓
LQR
LQR House
N/A$2.34
-12.4%
N/A+111.9%$16.45M$2.27M-1.673
BLNE
Eastside Distilling
N/A$1.48
+3.5%
N/AN/A$11.98M$3.91M-0.4070

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This page (NYSE:ABEV) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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