Earnings Outlook for Anheuser-Busch InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, July 30. Here is Benzinga's everything-that-matters guide for this Thursday's Q2earnings announcement.

Earnings and Revenue

Sell-side analysts expect Anheuser-Busch InBev's EPS to be near $0.24 on sales of $9.18 billion. In the same quarter last year, Anheuser-Busch InBev reported earnings per share of $1.160 on revenue of $13.96 billion. If the company were to post earnings inline with the consensus estimate when it reports Thursday, EPS would be down 79.31%. Sales would be down 14.45% from the same quarter last year. Here's how the company's reported EPS has stacked up against analyst estimates in the past:

Stock Performance

Shares of Anheuser-Busch InBev were trading at $55.65 as of July 29. Over the last 52-week period, shares are down 44.16%. Given that these returns are generally negative, long-term shareholders are likely a little upset going into this earnings release.

Don't be surprised to see the stock move on comments made during its conference call. Anheuser-Busch InBev is scheduled to hold the call at 09:00:00 ET and can be accessed here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg30.jsp&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ab-inbev.com%2Finvestors%2Fevents-center.html&eventid=2292177&sessionid=1&key=BA862CF5209CC00F7FB67AA4F1EC74C4&regTag=&sourcepage=register