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Company snapshot — Ambev SA ADR

ABEV in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ambev produces and sells beer, soft drinks, malt beverages and other drinks across Brazil, Central America and the Caribbean, Latin America South, and Canada, under brands such as Brahma, Skol, Antarctica, Quilmes and Guaraná Antarctica. It distributes through supermarkets, retailers and a wide distributor network, selling to consumers rather than to other businesses. It is headquartered in São Paulo and operates as a subsidiary of Interbrew International.
Where it sits in the stack
Ambev carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Beverages-Brewers sleeve of the diary's wider universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group groups it with other scored Consumer Defensive names based in the US, including Anheuser-Busch InBev's ADR, Coca-Cola Consolidated and Coca-Cola FEMSA; the market also names Diageo as a comparison in global drinks.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index but carries a Closelook score; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether volume trends across its Latin American beer markets turn, since that would move the growth read the composite score currently marks down.

Ambev SA ADR (ABEV) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Defensive.

The Closelook company score reads 59/100 composite (momentum 44, quality 74, valuation 76) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ABEV, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Beverages - Brewers · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Beverages - Brewers

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ABEV on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.83%, semi-annual · buybacks 1.93 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ABEV pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.14 USD per share · a 4.83% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +105.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.0690 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0090 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-24
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.20 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.0090 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-18
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 20.5 bn USD 87% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 1.93 bn USD 4.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.8% in FY2025 454 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 22.4 bn USD · 113% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Consumer staples in US: −0.7% week · −4.3% month · +0.1% quarter · −3.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLP.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Ambev SA ADR (ABEV)?

Ambev SA ADR trades as ABEV on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Defensive in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ABEV in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Ambev SA ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Ambev SA ADR's Closelook composite score?

59 out of 100, with momentum 44, quality 74 and valuation 76 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ABEV trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.4% vs the 50-day and +0.6% vs the 200-day average, 14.5% below the 52-week high and +48.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Ambev SA ADR do?

Ambev produces and sells beer, soft drinks, malt beverages and other drinks across Brazil, Central America and the Caribbean, Latin America South, and Canada, under brands such as Brahma, Skol, Antarctica, Quilmes and Guaraná Antarctica. It distributes through supermarkets, retailers and a wide distributor network, selling to consumers rather than to other businesses. It is headquartered in São Paulo and operates as a subsidiary of Interbrew International. Closelook's peer group groups it with other scored Consumer Defensive names based in the US, including Anheuser-Busch InBev's ADR, Coca-Cola Consolidated and Coca-Cola FEMSA; the market also names Diageo as a comparison in global drinks.

Where does Ambev SA ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Ambev carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Consumer Defensive sector, in the Beverages-Brewers sleeve of the diary's wider universe. It holds no seat in our index but carries a Closelook score; valuation is its strongest module and momentum its weakest, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Ambev SA ADR pay a dividend?

Ambev SA ADR has paid 0.14 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 4.83% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0090 USD on 2026-06-24. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 20.5 bn USD in dividends and bought back 1.93 bn USD of its own shares, 113% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.8% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ABEV, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Beverages - Brewers, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.