Anheuser-Busch InBev, abbreviated as AB InBev, is a Belgian-Brazilian beverage company, with headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, and Sao Paolo, Brazil.
It is currently the world’s leading brewer and one of the top five consumer products companies, with a portfolio of over 200 beer brands and a total of more than 150,000 employees across 25 countries worldwide.
The company boasts a 25 percent global market share.
Some of its most well known brands include: Stella Artois®, Budweiser®, Bud Light®, Beck’s®, Corona®, Skol®, Modelo Especial®, Victoria®, Michelob Ultra®, Harbin®, Sedrin®, Klinskoye®, Sibirskaya Korona®, Chernigivske®, Cass®, and Jupiler®.
The company was created on 18 November, 2008, following the merger of InBev and Anheuser-Busch.
Anheuser-Busch InBev is a publicly traded company on Euronext, with American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange. It has operations in: North America, Mexico, Latin America North, Latin America South, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
The company “strives to be the Best Beer Company in a Better World.”
Overview
CEO: Carlos Brito- Chairman: Kees J. Storm
- Industry: Beverages
- Type: Public
- Listed on Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
- Euronext stock symbol: ABI
- NYSE stock symbol: BUD
- Revenue: $47.063 billion USD (2014)
- Net income: $11,302 million USD (2014)
- Earnings per share: $5.64 USD (2014)
- Founded: 2008 (merger)
- Headquarters: Brouwerijplein 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- Employees: 154,029 (2014)
- Website: http://www.ab-inbev.com/
- Investor relations contact number: +1 212 573 4365
- Investor relations email: [email protected]
Anheuser-Busch InBev Financial Results, Years Ended December 31
| Operating data (in $ millions) | 2014 | 2013 |
| Revenue | $47,063 | $43,195 |
| Cost of sales | $(18,756) | $(17,594) |
| Gross profit | $28,307 | $25,601 |
| Distribution expenses | $(4,558) | $(4,061) |
| Sales and marketing expenses | $(7,036) | $(5,958) |
| Administrative expenses | $(2,791) | $(2,539) |
| Other operating income | $1,386 | $1,160 |
| Profit from operations | $15,111 | $20,443 |
| Net finance cost | $(1,319) | $(2,203) |
| Profit before tax | $13,801 | $18,534 |
| Profit | $11,302 | $16,518 |
| Balance sheet data (in $ millions) | ||
| Total assets | $142,550 | $141,666 |
| Total liabilities | $88,293 | $86,358 |
| Total equity | $54,257 | $55,308 |
| Common share data (in $) | ||
| Basic earnings per share | $5.64 | $8.90 |
| Diluted earnings per share | $5.54 | $8.72 |
| Cash flow data (in $ millions) | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | $14,144 | $13,864 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | $(11,152) | $(10,281) |
| Cash flow from financing activities | $(3,855) | $341 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | $9,833 | $7,051 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | $8,316 | $9,833 |
Source: “Anheuser-Busch InBev Form 20-F 2014”