Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Has $2.56 Million Stock Holdings in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV $BUD

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) by 14.5% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 42,960 shares of the consumer goods maker’s stock after selling 7,292 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV were worth $2,561,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of BUD. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV by 4.5% in the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 10,663,933 shares of the consumer goods maker’s stock worth $732,826,000 after purchasing an additional 454,621 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV by 23.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,344,451 shares of the consumer goods maker’s stock worth $229,831,000 after buying an additional 641,158 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV by 25.3% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,318,248 shares of the consumer goods maker’s stock worth $81,151,000 after acquiring an additional 265,783 shares in the last quarter. Holocene Advisors LP acquired a new position in shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV during the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,999,000. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can increased its holdings in shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV by 13.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 474,456 shares of the consumer goods maker’s stock valued at $32,605,000 after acquiring an additional 57,394 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 5.53% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on BUD shares. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in a report on Wednesday, November 26th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Berenberg Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in a report on Tuesday. Finally, DZ Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV in a report on Friday, November 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $77.67.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Price Performance

NYSE:BUD opened at $71.27 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.64 and a quick ratio of 0.48. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has a one year low of $47.89 and a one year high of $72.13. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $64.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $62.90. The stock has a market cap of $139.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.29, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 0.57.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The consumer goods maker reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $15.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.28 billion. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV had a net margin of 10.40% and a return on equity of 16.20%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.98 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV will post 3.37 earnings per share for the current year.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 19th were given a dividend of $0.1722 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 19th. This represents a yield of 57.0%. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 7.84%.

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV Company Profile

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE: BUD) is a multinational brewing company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. It is one of the world’s largest brewers and is primarily engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of beer and related beverages. The company’s operations span brewing, packaging, logistics and retail/customer sales support, serving a broad set of channels from on-premise hospitality to retail and e-commerce.

AB InBev’s portfolio includes a mix of global, regional and local beer brands across mainstream, premium, craft and non-alcoholic categories.