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

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), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), BRC (BRCC), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), and LQR House (LQR). 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 profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

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 $0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ambev pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV$59.38B1.45$5.34B$3.2414.81
Ambev$15.97B1.76$2.90B$0.189.92

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ambev has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV received 345 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 60.89% of users gave Ambev an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NVOutperform Votes
728
65.29%
Underperform Votes
387
34.71%
AmbevOutperform Votes
383
60.89%
Underperform Votes
246
39.11%

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV currently has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.36%. Ambev has a consensus target price of $2.70, indicating a potential upside of 51.26%. Given Ambev's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ambev is more favorable than Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.

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)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Ambev
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV had 1 more articles in the media than Ambev. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV and 11 mentions for Ambev. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Ambev's score of 0.27 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ambev
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV beats Ambev on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABEV vs. The Competition

MetricAmbevBeverages IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.04B$55.08B$15.01B$19.27B
Dividend Yield3.86%2.69%2.91%3.72%
P/E Ratio9.9215.6221.4241.41
Price / Sales1.7617.313.8417.05
Price / Cash6.4721.0316.8019.84
Price / Book1.754.695.985.76
Net Income$2.90B$2.61B$600.74M$993.25M
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.43%1.90%3.26%
1 Month Performance-11.63%0.14%1.96%5.22%
1 Year Performance-33.89%-9.84%7.35%19.42%

Ambev Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABEV
Ambev
3.7675 of 5 stars
$1.79
-1.4%
$2.70
+51.3%
-33.6%$28.04B$15.97B9.9242,774Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
4.2442 of 5 stars
$46.26
+0.2%
$64.00
+38.3%
-23.5%$83.14B$59.40B14.28155,000News Coverage
DEO
Diageo
1.2775 of 5 stars
$116.00
-1.9%
$129.00
+11.2%
-14.5%$64.53B$20.27B15.7028,600Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.571 of 5 stars
$30.54
+0.5%
$37.93
+24.2%
-0.4%$41.43B$14.81B18.5121,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CCU
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas
1.7446 of 5 stars
$11.72
+0.9%
$11.03
-5.9%
-2.2%$2.17B$2.51T15.639,254Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
COCO
Vita Coco
1.8824 of 5 stars
$34.27
+2.1%
$33.14
-3.3%
+36.8%$1.94B$494.86M34.62280Positive News
NAPA
Duckhorn Portfolio
0.2832 of 5 stars
$11.09
flat
$10.01
-9.7%
N/A$1.63B$425.91M26.40430
BRCC
BRC
2.1236 of 5 stars
$3.05
-1.0%
$6.50
+113.1%
-17.3%$648.87M$405.26M-38.13840Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
WEST
Westrock Coffee
2.8474 of 5 stars
$6.03
-1.5%
$11.25
+86.6%
-36.0%$567.95M$836.72M-7.011,399
WVVI
Willamette Valley Vineyards
1.2067 of 5 stars
$3.96
+6.7%
N/A-10.1%$19.64M$39.26M-6.49270
LQR
LQR House
N/A$1.69
-4.0%
N/A-21.6%$11.88M$2.27M-1.213Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ABEV) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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