Ask any Brazilian what is their favorite beer and you are likely to get one of these three answers: Skol, Brahma or Antarctica. Since we are talking about Ambev in this post, you must be guessing Ambev owns Skol, which is the dominant beer brand in Brazil. That’s partly right. Ambev does own Skol. But Ambev also owns Brahma and Antarctica. That’s right: they own all three dominant beer brands in Brazil. Together, these three brands have around 70% of the market share in Brazil. On top of that, the brand preference by the consumers’ taste gives Ambev a good pricing power and they have been able to smoothly pass cost increases to the consumers and to keep margins up.
Ambev also owns Premium brands like Antarctica Original and Bohemia. Premium beer has a good growing outlook in Brazil and Latin America over the next decades due to theย growing countries’ middle-class.
Ambev is present in 14 countries in the Americas and they lead in 6 of the countries where they operate: Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia.
They also distribute Pepsi and Quilmes in most countries in South America, Budweiser in Canada and Brazil and Stella Artois in South America and Canada.
Ambev’s competitive advantage is built on its brands, distribution network and scale. All these factors along with the exposure to fast-growing markets, grant Ambev the highest EBI Rating: 5 stars.
Ambev – Companhia de Bebidas das Amรฉricas
| ADR Ticker | ABV, ABVC |
| Investor Relations Website | http://ir.ambev.com.br/default_en.asp?idioma=1&conta=44 |
| Industry* | Brewers |
| Bovespa Ticker | AMBV3, AMBV4 |
| EBI Rating |  |
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