{"id":5557,"date":"2026-07-27T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/07\/27\/barclays-downgrades-anheuser-busch-inbev-on-brazil-tax-hike-and-post-world-cup-slump-fears\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:19:12","slug":"barclays-downgrades-anheuser-busch-inbev-on-brazil-tax-hike-and-post-world-cup-slump-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/07\/27\/barclays-downgrades-anheuser-busch-inbev-on-brazil-tax-hike-and-post-world-cup-slump-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Barclays Downgrades Anheuser-Busch InBev on Brazil Tax Hike and Post-World Cup Slump Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barclays has downgraded Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) to ‘equal weight’ due to a new ‘sin tax’ in Brazil and concerns about a post-World Cup slump. The tax targets alcohol and is expected to significantly impact Ambev, ABI’s profitable Brazilian subsidiary. <\/p>\n

Analyst Laurence Whyatt also cited the temporary nature of World Cup-driven sales boosts and a high valuation compared to peers as reasons for caution. The company’s shares saw a minor dip following the downgrade.<\/p>\n

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Barclays has downgraded Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) to ‘equal weight’ due to a new ‘sin tax’ in Brazil and concerns about a post-World Cup slump. The tax targets alcohol and is expected to significantly impact Ambev, ABI’s profitable Brazilian subsidiary. Analyst Laurence Whyatt also cited the temporary nature of World Cup-driven sales boosts and a high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108329448-1782925316032-gettyimages-2283612272-BENDING_SPOONS_IPO.jpeg?v=1782925388&w=600&h=300&vtcrop=y","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","rifnote_country-brazil","rifnote_competition-fifa-world-cup"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108329448-1782925316032-gettyimages-2283612272-BENDING_SPOONS_IPO.jpeg?v=1782925388&w=600&h=300&vtcrop=y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}