
A steady large-cap compounder trading near fair value. Frameworks sharply disagree on it.
Mkt Cap
$155.06B
P/E
—
PEG
1.92
P/B
10.71
Dividend
1.69%
ROE
—
About the business
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV produces and sells beer in North America, Middle Americas, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through North America, Middle Americas, South America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and Global Export and Holding Companies segments. The company also offers flavored malt beverages, soft drinks, spirit-based ready-to-drink cocktails and beverages, and energy drinks. In addition, it operates BEES, a business-to-business digital commerce platform; on-demand delivery platforms under the Zé Delivery and TaDa Delivery brands; and premium at-home draft system under the PerfectDraft brand. The company provides a portfolio of approximately 500 beer brands, which primarily include Budweiser, Corona Extra, Michelob Ultra, and Stella Artois; Aguila, Brahma, Carling Black Label, Cass Fresh, Jupiler, Quilmes, SKOL, and Victoria; Beck's, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; Antarctica, Bud Light, Castle, Castle Lite, Cristal, Harbin, Modelo Especial, 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.
Who would buy BUD?
Consensus 23/100 · Mixed · Investors are split.
Endorses
· 1 frameworkOperating Margin > 15% 26.7% clears "> 15.0%".
Rejects
· 3 frameworksP/B < 1.0 (below book) is 10.71× — fails "< 1.00×".
No Form 4 filings in the last 6 months. Insider inactivity is itself weak evidence — it usually reflects blackout windows or compensation cycles rather than a view on the stock.
Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.0% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: +0 sh
Price history
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What this means: Price near 52-week highs despite weak framework scores — market enthusiasm is running ahead of the fundamentals most legends look at.
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Sign in to run this simulationBUD: 50% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 2 of 6 signal families mixed (medium confidence). Strongest support: Op margin 27%. Main risk to monitor: 116% above fair value.
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P/B 10.71×
116% above fair value
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.
No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. 27% operating margin and 12% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.
Sector: Consumer Defensive. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | BUD | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 18.0× | 15.0× | 17.0× |
| P/B | 10.71× | 3.50× | 2.80× | 3.20× |
| Dividend yield | 1.69% | 3.20% | 2.80% | 2.60% |
| ROE | — |
Reported EPS $0.97 vs $1.13 expected — a material miss. The bar of the next two prints will be lower, but the multiple that was bid up to today's level usually does not survive an unexplained shortfall this size. Trailing operating margin: 26.7%.
A material miss is incompatible with a quality-compounder narrative until proven otherwise. Two more prints needed before that label is restored.
Multiple compression typically follows. The risk is not the miss itself, it's that consensus needs to re-rate forward estimates lower.
Even cheap stocks get cheaper after this kind of print — wait for capitulation rather than catching the falling knife.
Next earnings
Thu, Jul 30 · consensus EPS $1.13 · last actual $0.97
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
1.92
P/B Ratio
10.71
EPS Growth
20.3%
Revenue Growth
12.0%
Debt / Equity
0.75
Net Cash / Share
$-35.80
Return on Equity
N/A
Gross Margin
56.2%
Operating Margin
26.7%
FCF / Share
N/A
Current Ratio
N/A
Net Cash > 0 is $-35.80 — fails "> $0.00".
P/B < 1.5 is 10.71× — fails "< 1.50×".
Trades meaningfully above the fair-value range — limited margin of safety.
Returns and margins are healthy and consistent.
Capital structure is unremarkable — neither a stress nor a tailwind.
Price action is firm and trending higher.
Behavioural read is mixed — some accumulation, some distribution.
Recent miss and / or risk patterns weigh on the catalyst path.
Among 96 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 50% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of -0.1% / yr.
Op margin 27% · Gross 56%
D/E 0.75 · CR —
Quiet
1 tracked holder · peak 10.1%
1.69% yield
89% through 52w range
EPS 20% · Rev 12%
Cyclical earnings prove to be at peak; revenue stalls and the multiple, already low, drifts lower as estimates re-rate down.
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Institutional Own.
5.9%
Insider Own.
0.0%
Dividend Yield
1.69%
Book Value / Share
$7.47
Superinvestor ownership
Held by 1 tracked superinvestor · peak weight 5.4%
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