Anheuser-Busch InBev
Anheuser-Busch InBev's revenue fell 0.8% to $59.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 26.0%, up from 25.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $11.2 billion, up 0.3%. It paid out $6.8 billion in dividends and buybacks, 61% of free cash flow.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on equity is net income as a share of shareholders' equity.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 19.0% a year and net income 20.9% a year.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 12.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — |
| Interest coverage | 3.8x | 4.0x | 3.8x | 4.5x | 3.0x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.7x | 0.7x |
| Quick ratio | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.6x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | — | — | — |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | — | — | — |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −3.7% | −4.3% | −3.8% |
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| Anheuser-Busch InBev | FY25 | −0.8% | 26.0% | 18.9% | — | — | — | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 45.5 | 54.9 | 53.0 | 52.3 | 46.9 | 54.3 | 57.8 | 59.4 | 59.8 | 59.3 |
| Revenue growth | 5.7% | 20.5% | −3.3% | −1.3% | −10.4% | 15.8% | 6.4% | 2.8% | 0.7% | −0.8% |
| Gross profit | 27.7 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 32.0 | 27.2 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.2 |
| Research and development | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 12.9 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 9.6 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 15.4 |
| Net income | 1.2 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 1.4 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.71 | 3.98 | 2.17 | 4.53 | 0.69 | 2.28 | 2.91 | 2.60 | 2.86 | 3.39 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 10.1 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 10.9 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
| Capital expenditure | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Free cash flow | 5.1 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| Dividends paid | 8.4 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| Acquisitions | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 8.6 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | 256.6 | 248.2 | 233.9 | 236.6 | 226.4 | 217.6 | 212.9 | 219.3 | 206.6 | 218.8 |
| Total liabilities | 175.2 | 168.0 | 162.0 | 152.1 | 148.1 | 138.3 | 128.7 | 126.7 | 117.9 | 121.1 |
| Shareholders' equity | 71.3 | 72.6 | 64.5 | 75.7 | 68.0 | 68.7 | 73.4 | 81.8 | 78.2 | 87.3 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 61.8% | 62.4% | 61.1% | 58.1% | 57.5% | 54.5% | 53.9% | 55.2% | 55.9% |
| Operating margin | 28.3% | 30.0% | 30.9% | 30.8% | 20.5% | 25.5% | 25.1% | 23.5% | 25.9% | 26.0% |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 14.6% | 8.2% | 17.5% | 3.0% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 11.5% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.3% | 18.7% | 19.0% | 16.9% | 15.2% | 16.9% | 14.1% | 14.5% | 18.7% | 18.9% |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on equity | — | 11.1% | 6.4% | 13.1% | 1.9% | 6.8% | 8.4% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Return on assets | — | 3.2% | 1.8% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |