ABEV

Ambev SA
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ABEV

Arincen70/100B

If you had invested in Ambev SA ago, it would be worth $802 today, against $4,111 in SPY and $6,388 in QQQ.

ArincenArincen ScoreBeta

70/100

Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.

Profitability10

Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.

Cash10

Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.

Valuation6

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Growth4

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Financial strength10

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Shareholders2

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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.

Ambev SA key facts

Style
Value stock · 8.3/10Growth 4.7 · Value 8.3 · Dividend 5.0
Day range
2.78000 – 2.81500
52-week range
2.28000 – 3.45000
Market capitalization
44.47B USD
P/E
15.38
PEG ratio
3.69
EPS
0.18
Div Yield
1.99%
EPS growth forecast (FY2026)
+15.4%
Volume
0
Beta
0.27
ESG score
69.3/100Environment 68 · Social 70 · Governance 70
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Beverages - Alcoholic
CEO
Carlos Eduardo Klutzenschell Lisboa
Employees
39K
IPO date
5 Mar 1997

Ambev SA earnings

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
0.06 USD
Revenue estimate
4.77B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS0.05Beat 0.0%Revenue4.00BMissed -4.8%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate
PeriodReport dateEPS estimateReported EPSSurpriseEPS growthRevenue estimateReported revenueSurpriseRevenue growth
Q4 FY20260.06——+20.00%4.77B——-8.83%
Q3 FY20260.050.050.00%+25.00%4.21B4.00B-4.81%+3.38%
Q2 FY20260.040.040.00%+33.33%4.05B3.97B-1.93%+10.76%
Q1 FY20260.050.050.00%+25.00%4.38B4.56B+4.19%+15.13%
Q4 FY20250.050.050.00%0.00%4.62B5.23B+13.08%+11.81%
Q3 FY20250.040.040.00%+5.26%3.99B3.87B-2.87%+1.43%
Q2 FY20250.030.030.00%0.00%3.82B3.59B-6.02%+1.40%

Ambev SA analyst forecast

12-month price target
2.85 USD
+1.42%

Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 2.85 to 2.85, with an average of 2.85.

Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Hold
5 ratings
Buy
0
Hold
3
Sell
2

12-month price target

Highest target2.85
Average target2.85
Lowest target2.85
Current price2.81

Ambev SA valuation

Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
15.38
Forward P/E (FY2026)
15.22
Price to sales (TTM)
2.79
Price to book
2.73
EV / EBITDA (TTM)
7.70

Capital structure

Market capitalization
44.47B USD
+
Total debt
486.33M USD
−
Cash and short-term investments
3.93B USD
=
Enterprise value
41.04B USD

Valuation over time

P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Fiscal yearP/EForward P/EP/SP/BEV/EBITDA
FY2027 (est.)14.60————
FY2026 (est.)15.2214.60———
Now (TTM)15.3814.682.792.737.70
FY202513.6613.212.392.406.83
FY202412.4611.542.031.845.38
FY202314.7715.642.702.738.35
FY202215.6215.642.842.769.32
FY202119.2514.083.372.9711.05

Ambev SA against its own history

Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.

Its peers: The Kroger, The Estée Lauder Companies, Sysco, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kimberly-Clark, and The Hershey, the US Consumer Defensive companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.

  • P/E (today)Above its median15.4
    12.019.8
  • Gross marginHighest in 5 years51.4%
    49.3%51.4%
    Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 34.4%
  • Operating marginHighest in 5 years26.4%
    22.2%26.4%
    Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 11.6%
  • Net marginAt its median17.6%
    16.1%18.2%
    Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 4.8%
  • Return on equityAt its median17.6%
    14.6%18.4%
    Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median 18.1%
  • Free cash flow marginAt its median22.5%
    17.7%23.9%
    Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 8.9%
  • Revenue growthLowest in 5 years-1.4%
    -1.4%24.8%
    Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 4.1%
  • EPS growthAt its median8.8%
    -1.1%13.7%
    Against its peers: 2 of 6Peers' median -19.6%
  • Debt to EBITDALowest in 5 years0.12×
    0.12×0.17×
    Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 3.74×
  • Current ratioAt its median0.96
    0.891.10
    Against its peers: 4 of 7Peers' median 1.00

Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.

Ambev SA growth and profitability

Revenue (TTM)
89.02B BRL
Net income (TTM)
15.75B BRL
Gross margin
51.78%
Operating margin
26.43%
Net margin
17.69%

Revenue / Net income

Revenue Net income Net margin
PeriodRevenueGrowthNet incomeGrowthGross marginOperating marginNet marginEBITDAGrowth
FY202588.24B-1.35%15.50B+7.39%51.42%26.42%17.57%28.97B-0.13%
FY202489.45B+12.18%14.44B-0.45%51.24%24.37%16.14%29.01B+19.54%
FY202379.74B+0.04%14.50B+0.30%50.72%23.62%18.19%24.27B+5.13%
FY202279.71B+9.41%14.46B+14.10%49.29%22.19%18.14%23.08B+9.96%
FY202172.85B+24.80%12.67B+11.35%51.05%23.44%17.39%20.99B+1.05%

How Ambev SA makes its money

Revenue88.24B 100.0%
Cost of revenue42.86B 48.6%
Gross profit45.38B 51.4%
Selling and administration25.14B 28.5%
Operating income23.32B 26.4%
Tax3.43B 3.9%
Other expense4.38B 5.0%
Net income15.50B 17.6%

FY2025, in BRL. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.

Ambev SA dividends

Annual dividend
0.06 USD
Dividend yield (indicated)
1.99%
Payout ratio
66.17%
Frequency
Quarterly
Next payment
0.01 USD
Last ex-dividend date
23 Sept 2026
Next payment date
11 Jan 2027

Dividends per share

Year2025202020192018201720162015201420132012
Dividends per share0.070.100.070.150.070.160.190.330.210.16

Ambev SA financial health

Cash and short-term investments
21.91B BRL
Total debt
2.71B BRL
Net cash
19.20B BRL
Free cash flow (TTM)
24.69B BRL
Current ratio
1.06
Debt to equity
0.03
Piotroski score
7 / 9
Altman Z-score
4.15

Cash, debt and free cash flow

Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Fiscal yearCash and short-term investmentsTotal debtFree cash flow
FY202520.32B3.39B19.86B
FY202429.84B3.45B21.35B
FY202316.34B3.50B18.71B
FY202215.38B3.85B14.11B
FY202118.54B3.13B15.22B

Ambev SA ownership

Institutions
6.78%
Institutional holders
410 (+1)
Free float
97.40%

Who owns the shares

Institutions 6.8% Others 93.2%
As of 30 Jun 2026

Shares free to trade

Free float 15.42B shares ·97.4% Closely held 410.98M shares ·2.6%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Insider trading

QuarterPurchasesSalesShares acquiredShares disposed of
Q3 2026010.00468.04K
Q2 2026010.00136.25K
Q1 202602373.02K173.36K
Q4 2024000.000.00

Shares outstanding

Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Fiscal yearBasic sharesDiluted sharesChange in diluted shares
FY202515.62B15.68B-0.83%
FY202415.81B15.81B-0.15%
FY202315.84B15.84B-0.06%
FY202215.74B15.85B-0.06%
FY202115.74B15.86B-0.06%

Source: Financial Modeling Prep

Related Instruments

Title: Ambev SA

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Beverages - Alcoholic
Ambev is the largest brewer in Latin America and the Caribbean and is Anheuser-Busch InBev's subsidiary in the region. It produces, distributes, and sells beer and PepsiCo products in Brazil and other Latin American countries and owns Argentina's largest brewer, Quinsa. Ambev was formed in 1999 through the merger of Brazil's two largest beverage companies, Brahma and Antarctica. In 2004, Ambev combined with Canadian brewer Labatt, giving AB InBev a controlling interest of 62%.

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