ABEV vs. BUD, DEO, KDP, CCU, COCO, WEST, BRCC, WVVI, LQR, 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), LQR House (LQR), and Heritage Distilling (CASK). 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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 343 more outperform votes than Ambev when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV both had 6 articles in the media. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Ambev's score of 1.16 indicating that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has higher revenue and 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.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV presently has a consensus price target of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. Ambev has a consensus price target of $2.45, suggesting a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Ambev's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ambev is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambev has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ambev pays out 38.9% 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.
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.
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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Ambev on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ABEV) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
