For the quarter ended September 2025, Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD) reported revenue of $15.13 billion, up 0.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.99, compared to $0.98 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.4% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $15.35 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.97, the EPS surprise was +2.06%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Anheuser-Busch Inbev performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Volume in Hectoliters - Middle America: 36,915.00 KhL compared to the 37,861.72 KhL average estimate based on three analysts.
- Volume in Hectoliters - South America: 36,922.00 KhL versus 39,248.30 KhL estimated by three analysts on average.
- Volume in Hectoliters - EMEA: 24,149.00 KhL versus 24,297.93 KhL estimated by three analysts on average.
- AB InBev Worldwide - Total Volume: 142,319.00 KhL compared to the 145,506.70 KhL average estimate based on three analysts.
- Volume in Hectoliters - Global Export and Holding Companies: 136.00 KhL versus 107.48 KhL estimated by three analysts on average.
- Volume in Hectoliters - North America: 21,896.00 KhL versus 21,946.72 KhL estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Global Export & Holding Companies: $185 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $108.33 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +81.4%.
- Revenue- Middle Americas: $4.33 billion compared to the $4.38 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.4% year over year.
- Revenue- North America: $3.77 billion compared to the $3.81 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Asia Pacific: $1.53 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.57 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.3%.
- Revenue-EMEA: $2.52 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $2.53 billion.
- Revenue- South America: $2.8 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $3.08 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4.4%.
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Shares of Anheuser-Busch Inbev have returned +3.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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