Anheuser-Busch In Bev SA/NV

On March 31, 2017, Constellation Brands (STZ) was trading at a 12-month forward PE (price-to-earnings multiple) of 22.2x.

Kraft Heinz is focusing on core business practices, including ZBB (zero-based budgeting), revenue management, and MBO (management by objectives).

For fiscal 1Q17, analysts expect Constellation Brands to deliver adjusted EPS (earnings per share) of $1.52.

On October 7, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced a formal cash bid of 42.2 pounds per share to SABMiller’s board. This was the third offer rejected by SABMiller.

According to the Beverage Marketing Corporation, alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits, account for 20% of the US beverage market.

On January 9, Constellation Brands (STZ) reported its third-quarter results before the market opened. The third quarter ended on November 30.

The performance of liquor business in 2014 reflects the premiumization trend, or a preference for better, premium, or expensive liquor brands.

Constellation Brands ended fiscal 2020 on a strong note with better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The company reported sales of $1.90 billion.

Constellation Brands (STZ) is scheduled to release its earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 on January 8.

Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM) is the largest craft brewer in the United States, having sold ~2.7 million barrels of proprietary core brand products.

Constellation Brands (STZ) plans to announce its results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 on June 28. Constellation Brands stock has risen 14.4% since the start of this year. Analysts expect the company’s adjusted EPS to decline 6.8% to $2.05 in the first quarter.

On April 3, Constellation Brands (STZ) declined 1.3% after Stifel downgraded its rating on the stock.

Industrial confidence in Colombia (GXG) improved in June 2017 to -5.4% as compared to -8.8% in May 2017.

Constellation Brands (STZ) impressed investors with another quarter of strong earnings and sales growth in fiscal 2Q17. The beer, wine, and spirits producer beat the analysts’ earnings estimate for the eighth straight quarter.

Molson Coors Brewing (TAP) rose by 2.7% to close at $100.74 per share at the end of the fifth week of June 2016.

ABI has been one of the most active companies in the acquisition of other beer firms. The Belgium-based company itself came from a prior $52 billion deal.

Americans are moving toward craft beer due to better taste, innovation, and brewing techniques. Its market share increased to 11% in 2014 from 7.8% in 2013.

The beer market share in terms of supplier revenues has fallen from 56.0% in 1999 to 47.8% in 2014. The decline is more evident in the light beer category.

Bud Light is the leader among major beer brands, with 18% share of the beer market based on the 2013 total beer industry shipments of 211.7 million barrels.

Beer is the dominant category in the alcoholic beverage industry with a 47.8% market share of the gross supplier revenue figures for 2014.

In an economic study, the American Beverage Licensees estimated the economic impact of the alcoholic beverage industry in 2014 to be more than $245 billion.