Anheuser-Busch Inbev Q2 Profit Surges, Sees FY26 EBITDA Growth In Line With Mid-term View
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Anheuser-Busch InBev reported a surge in Q2 profit, with net income rising to $3.75 billion from $1.68 billion year-over-year, driven by higher beer volumes and revenue growth of 5.6% to $16.66 billion. Normalized EBITDA increased 5.8% to $5.94 billion. The company expects FY2026 EBITDA growth to align with its mid-term outlook of 4-8%. Despite strong results, shares fell 1.30% in Brussels trading.
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Belgian drink and brewing major Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD,ABI.BR) on Thursday reported significantly higher profit in its second quarter, mainly as revenues were benefited by higher beer volume.
Looking ahead for fiscal 2026, the company expects EBITDA to grow in line with medium-term outlook of between 4 percent to 8 percent.
In Brussels, the shares were trading at 72.94 euros, down 1.30 percent.
In the second quarter, profit attributable to equity holders surged to $3.75 billion from $1.68 billion a year ago. Basic earnings per share were $1.90, up from $0.84 last year.
Underlying profit was $2.39 billion, compared to $1.95 billion in 2025. Underlying earnings per share increased 23.4 percent to $1.21 from $0.98 a year earlier.
Normalized EBITDA grew 5.8 percent to $5.94 billion from $5.30 billion last year, with a margin expansion of 4 basis points to 35.6 percent.
Revenue increased 5.6 percent to $16.66 billion from last year's $15.00 billion. Revenue per hl grew 4.2 percent.
Volumes edged up 0.9 percent year-over-year to 144.003 million hls, with beer volumes up by 1.1 percent and non-beer volumes down by 1.1 percent.
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