Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD)
61.81 -3.44 (-5.27%)
Pre-market: 6:09AM EST
| Previous close | 65.02 |
| Open | 64.11 |
| Bid | 62.10 x 1100 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 900 |
| Day's range | 64.10 - 65.49 |
| 52-week range | 32.58 - 72.41 |
| Volume | 2,612,000 |
| Avg. volume | 1,476,370 |
| Market cap | 127.427B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.32 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| EPS (TTM) | -0.37 |
| Earnings date | N/A |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.45 (2.23%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 09 Jun 2020 |
| 1y target est | 77.75 |
- Financial Times
AB InBev expects 2021 recovery as pandemic recedes
The world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev reported a smaller hit to 2020 sales than expected on Thursday and said it expected “meaningfully” better numbers this year as the pandemic begins to recede. The brewer of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona said like-for-like revenues, stripping out the impact of acquisitions and disposals, dropped 3.7 per cent to $47bn, while the volume of drinks it sold fell 5.7 per cent as the Covid-19 pandemic cut into drinking and socialising globally.
- Bloomberg
AB InBev Signs Record $10.1 Billion ESG-Linked Facility
(Bloomberg) -- Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, maker of beer brands Budweiser and Stella Artois, has signed a $10.1 billion debt facility that costs more to service if the company falls short on a set of sustainability targets.It’s the largest ever ESG-linked loan, narrowly toppling a record set by Royal Dutch Shell Plc with a $10 billion transaction in late 2019. The deal also makes the Belgian brewer the biggest user of sustainability-linked loans, a category that barely existed before 2017.The new revolving credit facility replaces an earlier financing line and ties interest margins to meeting goals on water efficiency, recycled packaging, renewable energy use and emissions, the company said on Thursday.AB InBev’s new deal nearly doubles the global tally of environmental, social and governance loans for this year, which at $12 billion was already 71% ahead of the same period in 2020. Annual sales have surpassed $100 billion since 2019.Recent high profile corporate sustainability-linked loan deals include a facility for Italian high-end fashion house Prada SpA earlier this month that linked margins to recycling and self-produced energy.AB InBev recently set out a series of sustainability goals for 2025. All its electricity use will come from renewable sources and greenhouse gas emissions will reduce by 25%, according to its website. It also aims to make all packaging for its products from mostly recycled content, starting at a 46% baseline.According to the company’s most recent annual report, by 2019 it had achieved a 9.39% reduction in water usage and a 6.9% drop in greenhouse emissions since 2017. It also said 61% of electricity was from renewable sources.The new debt facility, meanwhile, has a five-year term and can be extended by two years, according to the company’s statement.AB InBev has set credit market benchmarks before. Five years ago it sold Europe’s biggest-ever corporate bond, a 13.25 billion-euro ($16 billion) offering of notes across six maturities to fund its purchase of SABMiller.(Updates to add AB InBev sustainability goals from sixth paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
- Yahoo Finance
Super Bowl LV commercials: Cheetos creates buzz, Chipotle drops its first-ever commercial
Cheetos, M&M's, Anheuser-Busch and Chipotle drop primetime ads ahead of Super Bowl Sunday.
