Top brewer AB InBev hikes dividend, but no new share buyback

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Anheuser-BuschInBev raised its annualdividendby 9% on Thursday, though analysts warned investors may be disappointed by theabsence of anewsharebuybackand worse-than-expected U.S. sales...

That spree built it into a global beer behemoth, but also left it with debts of over $100 billion that it struggled to reduce as quickly as hoped, limiting itsability to return cash toshareholders...

Some investors may be disappointed thebuybackprogramme has not been renewed, Edward Mundy, analyst at Jefferies, wrote in a note.. James Edwardes Jones, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, added that volume declines in the United States were also worse than expected, though overall the results were "good enough"...

ABInBev's sales in its hefty U.S. business have been hit by a consumer boycott of key U.S. brand Bud Light, knockingit off itstopspot as the best-selling U.S. beer...

ABInBevreported a 6.2% rise in fourth-quarter sales versus analysts' expectations of 6.1% in a consensus estimate provided by the company...

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