Ambev Stock in Brief

By Susan Ramirez • Saturday, December 02 14:34 • Permanent Link

Ambev logged a 4.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $2.85 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. ABEV's trading volume is 8,471,561 compared to the stock's average volume of 12,627,057.

Ambev trades -16.67% away from its average analyst target price of $3.42 per share. The 7 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $2.7 to $5.0, and on average have given Ambev a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in ABEV, you'll want to know the following:

Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.19, Ambev has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.0 while the S&P 500 average is None
ABEV has a forward P/E ratio of 15.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.19 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.17 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Ambev is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.5 compared to its sector average of None
Ambev S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, draft beer, carbonated soft drinks, other non-alcoholic beverages, malt, and food products.
Based in São Paulo, the company has 52,000 full time employees and a market cap of $44.86 Billion. Ambev currently returns an annual dividend yield of 27.8%.

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