Why Are People Talking About Investing in BUD?

By Blake Campbell • Sunday, August 10 10:05 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Anheuser-Busch Inbev over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Beverages stock at a price of $61.99? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Anheuser-Busch Inbev has moved 3.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.6%
BUD has an average analyst rating of buy and is -20.25% away from its mean target price of $77.73 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.5
Anheuser-Busch Inbev has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.74 and its forward P/E ratio is 16.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.5 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Anheuser-Busch Inbev is part of the Consumer Staples sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 25.91 and an average P/B of 3.03
BUD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 15.5% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $10.16 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV produces, distributes, exports, markets, and sells beer in North America, Middle Americas, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company also provides spirits-based ready-to-drink and non-alcohol beverages. It offers a portfolio of approximately 500 beer brands, which primarily include Budweiser, Corona Extra, Stella Artois, and Michelob Ultra; Beck's, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; Aguila, Antarctica, Bud Light, Brahma, Carling Black Label, Cass Fresh, Castle, Castle Lite, Cristal, Harbin, Jupiler, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, Victoria, Sedrin, and Skol brands, as well as non-beer brands comprising Brutal Fruit, Cutwater, and NÜTRL brands. The company was formerly known as InBev SA and changed its name to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in November 2008. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV was founded in 1366 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

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