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How Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV stacks up
BUD · against 11 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
74/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #10 of 12 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including BUD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 74?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.1% vs peer median 4.0%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.2% vs peer median 7.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 94% of peers. Operating margin: 26.0% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BUD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BUD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 11 reported | 8.2% | 13.2% | 20% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 12 reported | 26.0% | 23.1% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 12 reported | 3.1% | 8.4% | 0% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 10 reported | Not reported | 22.6% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 12 reported | 56.5% | 59.2% | 45% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BUD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 128.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 2 | 1.85T CNY (≈$259.0B) | 98 | 71 | |
| 3 | 92.4B USD | 97 | 73 | |
| 4 | 139.6B USD | 90 | 53 | |
| 5 | 230.5B EUR (≈$253.5B) | 86 | 43 | |
| 6 | 130.9B USD | 85 | 61 | |
| 7 | 187.1B USD | 84 | 54 | |
| 8 | 95.6B CHF (≈$109.9B) | 78 | 56 | |
| 9 | 717.6B BRL (≈$129.2B) | 76 | 59 | |
| 10 | 159.8B USD | 74 | 40 | |
| 10 | 217.1B CHF (≈$249.7B) | 74 | 35 | |
| 12 | 83.1B USD | 57 | 44 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score