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How Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV stacks up
BUD · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
74/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #211 of 821 · scores higher than 74% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 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 · 761 reported | 8.2% | 7.7% | 52% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 26.0% | 7.6% | 94% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 3.1% | 4.0% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | Not reported | 8.3% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 56.5% | 32.0% | 87% | 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 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 202 | 22.1B GBP (≈$28.7B) | 75 | 46 | |
| 202 | 446M EUR (≈$490M) | 75 | 73 | |
| 211 | 29.2B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 74 | 73 | |
| 211 | 45.2B SEK (≈$4.5B) | 74 | 60 | |
| 211 | 159.8B USD | 74 | 40 | |
| 211 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 74 | 56 | |
| 211 | 53.2B THB (≈$1.5B) | 74 | 68 | |
| 211 | 615M USD | 74 | 73 | |
| 211 | 37.1B USD | 74 | 48 |
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