AB InBev first quarter revenue rises 5.9%
The world's largest brewer AB InBev said on Tuesday its revenue grew by 5.9% in the first quarter of 2019, driven by healthy volume growth, among other factors.
The company said it expected to deliver strong revenue and growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) during the 2019 financial year, on the back of the solid performance of its brand portfolio and strong commercial plans.
"Our growth model is even more focused on category expansion, targeting a more balanced top-line growth between volume and revenue per hectolitre. We expect to deliver revenue per hectolitre growth ahead of inflation based on premiumization and revenue management initiatives, while keeping costs below inflation," it said.
In the first quarter, Ebitda increased by 8.2%. Normalized profit attributable to equity holders of AB InBev was $2.516-billion compared with $1.443-billion during the same quarter last year.
Normalised earnings per share increased to $1.27 from $0.73, positively impacted by mark-to-market gains linked to the hedging of the company's share-based payment programs.
AB InBev, which took over South African Breweries (SAB) in 2016, said the business integration had resulted in synergies and cost savings of $100-million in the first quarter of 2019.
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