Anheuser-Busch InBev SA / NV (Dutch pronunciation: is a multinational beverage and beverage company based in Leuven, Belgium. The company is the world’s largest brewer and has a 25 percent global market share. AB InBev was formed through three consecutive mergers of three international brewers: Interbrew from Belgium, AmBev from Brazil, and Anheuser-Busch from the United States. The group has 16 brand codes each creating more than US $ 1 billion in revenue each year out of a portfolio of over 200 brands (2014) . The overall portfolio includes Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois brands, Beck’s international brands, Hoegaarden and Leffe and domestic brands such as Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo. Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske and Jupiler. The total sales for all 200 AB InBev brands in 2014 was over US $ 47 billion . The group employs more than 155,000 people in 25 countries. Following the merger of US companies Anheuser-Busch in 2008, based in Saint Louis, Missouri, the company began to report its financial results in US dollars.
AB InBev is first listed on Euronext Brussels and is a constituent index of BEL20. The company has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Dividend per share increased steadily from USD 0.35 in 2008-3.00 USD for 2014. The ratio of payment increased from 26.3% to 64.8% during this period . AB InBev’s market share, measuring the volume of drinks sold, on a national-country basis, was published by companies for 2014 [2]. Although its market share in the United States is 47.2%, the volume sold in Brazil is higher. However, for all of North America, the combined volume will be the highest in any region. AB InBev operates 140 factories in its top 10 markets.
