AB InBev (BUD) Sheds 13% as Investors Panic Over Declining Volumes

We recently published Massive Sell-Off: 10 Stocks in a Bloodbath. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) is one of the worst-performing stocks on Thursday.

Anheuser-Busch dropped for a second day on Thursday, shedding 13.3 percent to close at $57.67 apiece as investor sentiment was dampened by declining volumes despite growing its earnings year-on-year.

In its updated report, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) said that beer and non-beer volumes declined by 1.9 percent in the second quarter of the year at 143,347 versus 146,302 in the same period last year amid weak industries and performance in China and Brazil. The first half of the year also saw total volumes dipping 2 percent to 279,615 from 285,837 in the same comparable period.

Despite the volume drop, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) still recorded a 13.8-percent jump in net income attributable to shareholders, to $1.676 billion from $1.472 billion in the same period last year, while revenues ended flat at $15 billion.

In the first half, attributable net income increased by 49 percent to $3.8 billion from $2.56 billion year-on-year, while revenues decreased by 4.3 percent to $28.6 billion from $29.88 billion.

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