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Anheuser-Busch [BUD
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AP Anheuser-Busch reported that profit roses in the first-quarter. |
Analysts on average were expecting 69 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Income before income taxes fell 3.1%, due mostly to lower profits in U.S. and international beer operations and increased interest expense, the company said.
Total net sales for the quarter rose 2.6% to $4.41 billion. Sales by volume, a key measure in the beverage industry, rose to 37.6 million barrels from 36.8 million a year ago.
Revenue per barrel was up 2.3% on pricing increases.
Last year the company made price cuts amid sluggish growth in the U.S. beer market, forcing competitors like Miller Brewing, a unit of SABMiller, to follow suit.
Anheuser-Busch, whose Bud Light is the top-selling beer brand in the United States, controls about half the U.S. beer market.
But Bud Light's dominance is being challenged by imported light beers, such as Heineken Premium Light and Corona Light.
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