Ambev S.A.

ABEV Consumer Defensive Beverages Brewers

Ambev S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $15.8 billion, down 4.70% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+18.5%
EPS
+83.7%
Free cash flow
+255.0%
Total debt
−5.21%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

2.80 0.04 +1.45%
Market cap
$42.3B
P/E
13.7×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
4.32%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.94
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
27/100

Ambev S.A. (ABEV) Operating margin

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Ambev S.A.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 26.6%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (26.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 22.2% (fiscal 2022) to 40.2% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Beverages Brewers industry median of 8.53% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 26.4% 2.05
FY2024 24.4% 0.75
FY2023 23.6% 1.43
FY2022 22.2% (1.25)
FY2021 23.4% (4.68)
FY2020 28.1% (2.63)
FY2019 30.8% (3.07)
FY2018 33.8% (0.47)
FY2017 34.3% (3.22)
FY2016 37.5% (2.68)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 25.8% 1.95
Jun 2026 23.9% (2.77)
Mar 2026 26.7% (3.59)
Sep 2025 30.3% 8.35
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Against its own ten years

Low 22.2% High 40.2%
Ten-year median 28.1%
Current reading's percentile 48

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
STZ Constellation Brands Inc compare 30.2%
ABEV Ambev S.A. 26.6%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV compare 26.3%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. compare 8.53%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. compare 7.32%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company compare 0.00%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. compare −5.05%
Beverages Brewers industry median 8.53%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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