AB InBev bought 1.17 million shares. Anheuser-Busch InBev stock falls 1.07 percent.

AB InBev had bought 1.17 million shares for EUR 77.21 million in a buyback update dated October 5, 2026, according to SENS. On October 9, 2026, Anheuser-Busch InBev stock was trading at EUR 68.36 at Lang & Schwarz, down 1.07 percent versus the prior close of EUR 69.10.

Buyback reaches 1.68 percent

The latest transaction covered 1,167,603 shares bought between September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026, at an average price of EUR 66.1235 per share. The total consideration was EUR 77.21 million, giving the update a concrete capital-return dimension rather than a broad authorization alone.

What does the buyback change?

Since the program began on November 3, 2025, AB InBev had repurchased 33,973,379 shares for EUR 2.15 billion, equal to 1.68 percent of total shares outstanding, SENS reported. The scale matters because the company is returning capital while continuing to reduce balance-sheet pressure through operating cash generation.

Second-quarter growth sets the base

In the second quarter of 2026, revenue increased 5.60 percent to USD 16.66 billion, while normalized EBITDA rose 5.80 percent to USD 5.94 billion. Underlying earnings per share increased 23.40 percent to USD 1.21 from USD 0.98 in the second quarter of 2025, according to Business Wire.

The same release showed net debt to normalized EBITDA at 2.86 times on June 30, 2026, compared with 3.27 times on June 30, 2025. That 0.41-times improvement gives investors a measurable counterweight to the modest beer-volume increase of 1.10 percent in the quarter.

Three dated milestones

On May 5, 2026, AB InBev reported first-quarter revenue growth of 5.80 percent and underlying earnings-per-share growth of 20.80 percent, according to the AB InBev investor page. On July 30, 2026, the company reported second-quarter revenue growth of 5.60 percent and normalized EBITDA growth of 5.80 percent, according to Business Wire. On October 5, 2026, it disclosed the EUR 77.21 million buyback update through SENS.

Next date is October 29

AB InBev has scheduled its third-quarter 2026 earnings release for October 29, 2026, with the release planned for 7:00 a.m. Brussels time, according to the AB InBev investor page.

Stock trades in afternoon session

At 12:52 p.m. CEST on October 9, 2026, the Lang & Schwarz quote stood at EUR 68.36, versus a prior close of EUR 69.10, a decline of 1.07 percent. The primary listing is Euronext Brussels under ticker ABI, while the US ADS trades as BUD on the NYSE.

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