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) Return on invested capital

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Ambev S.A.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 19.5%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (20.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.5% (fiscal 2022) to 30.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Beverages Brewers industry median of 5.99% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 20.5% 1.58
FY2024 18.9% 1.35
FY2023 17.6% 2.11
FY2022 15.5% (0.23)
FY2021 15.7% (1.22)
FY2020 16.9% (1.97)
FY2019 18.9% (3.11)
FY2018 22.0% (3.78)
FY2017 25.8% 1.31
FY2016 24.5% (5.95)

Against its own ten years

Low 15.5% High 30.4%
Ten-year median 18.9%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ABEV Ambev S.A. 19.5%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. compare 14.5%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc compare 9.11%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. compare 5.99%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company compare 5.15%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV compare 0.00%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. compare −14.1%
Beverages Brewers industry median 5.99%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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