AB InBev Q3 Results: Volume Growth & Effective Pricing Combine To Boost Top Line

It has been a great Q3 for Anheuser-Busch InBev . The brewer reported better-than-expected volume growth for the quarter, raising its year-to-date performance. Organic volume sales rose 1.5% year-over-year, with AB InBev's own beer volumes increasing 2.3% despite macroeconomic challenges in some of the crucial markets, such as Brazil and China. Though overall volumes are down 0.6% year-to-date organically, revenues are up 6% on a currency neutral basis (up 8% in the quarter) due to a solid rise ...