What Are the Fundamentals Of ABEV?

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, April 08 15:09 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Staples company Ambev has moved -2.9% so far today on a volume of 32,241,331, compared to its average of 33,529,930. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -1.0%.

Ambev trades -25.41% away from its average analyst target price of $2.89 per share. The 9 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $1.95 to $5.0, and on average have given Ambev a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying ABEV should be aware of the facts below:

Ambev's current price is -79.0% below its Graham number of $10.26, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Ambev has moved -9.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -2.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.16, Ambev has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
ABEV has a forward P/E ratio of 11.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.19 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.34 compared to its sector average of 3.3
Ambev S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of beer, draft beer, carbonated soft drinks, malt and food, other alcoholic beverages, and non-alcoholic and non-carbonated products in Brazil, Central America and Caribbean, Latin America South, and Canada.
Based in São Paulo, the company has 43,000 full time employees and a market cap of $37.0 Billion. Ambev currently returns an annual dividend yield of 30.1%.

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