BRAZIL: AmBev reports positive Q2 and H1 2011 results

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AmBev on Thursday announced its results for the second quarter and the first half of 2011. In the first half of 2011 AmBev’s normalized EBITDA reached R $ 5.7 billion – an organic growth of 10.9% over the same period last year. The company’s net income grew by 21.1% in the first six months of the year and reached $ 4 billion. The company recorded organic growth of net revenue (8.5%), reaching R $ 12.4 billion in the first half. Total sales volume was 77 million hectoliters in the period. In Brazil volume of beer sales reached 39.2 million hectoliters.

First half of 2011

AmBev (Latin America North America + South America + Canada) recorded EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $ 5.7 billion in the first six months of 2011, 10.9% higher than in the same period in 2010. Net income in H1 was $ 4 billion, a growth of 21.1% year-on-year. Normalized earnings per share until June was R $ 1.26, a figure 20.8% higher than in the first half of 2010.

Total sales volume decreased organically by 0.3% year-on-year and reached 77 million hectoliters. Volume of beer sales dropped by 0.2% while volumes of CSD (non-alcoholic and non-carbonated) fell by 0.8%. Net sales increased organically by 8.5% and totaled U.S. $ 12.4 billion in H1 2011.

Second quarter 2011

In the second quarter of 2011 AmBev’s (Latin America North America + South America + Canada) net income was R $ 1.8 billion, 20.4% higher than in the same period of 2010. Normalized EBITDA for the second quarter recorded organic growth of 9% over the same period last year, ending the period at U.S. $ 2.6 billion. Total sales volume decreased by 0.9% to 36.2 million hectoliters of beverages. Of this 26.1 million hectoliters of beer were sold.

Brazil – first half of 2011

AmBev in Brazil reached a normalized EBITDA of R $ 4.2 billion, representing an organic growth of 10.7% compared to the first six months of 2010. Up to June, net income was R $ 8.5 billion, an organic increase of 7.3%. Total volume of beverage sales in the country reached 52.5 million hectoliters in the semester, an organic decline of 1.3%.

Beer volume decreased by 1.1%, reaching 39.2 million hectoliters. Revenues from beer amounted to R $ 7.1 billion, representing an organic growth of 8.8%. EBITDA was R $ 3.6 billion, up 11.7% organic.

Brazil – second quarter of 2011

In the second quarter AmBev in Brazil reached a normalized EBITDA of $ 1.85 billion, representing an organic growth of 9.9% compared to the same period last year. Net income was R $ 3.9 billion, up 4.3%.

Total sales volume in Brazil in the second quarter of this year fell by 1.6% totaling 25 million hectoliters.

Beer sales volume was 18.4 million hectoliters, down 2.6%. Net income grew 5.3%, reaching R $ 3.2 billion. The average market share in the Brazilian beer market in the quarter was 69%.

Investments 2011

AmBev said it keeps its plan to invest up to $ 2.5 billion in Brazil to expand its production capacity and meet demand for short and medium term.