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A-B’s Share Buybacks: Are They Sustainable?

Anheuser-Busch has consistently reported 23 consecutive quarters of double digit earnings-per-share growth, with Q2 EPS up 10.7%, even while net sales were up only 6% and net income was up 6.5%. In fact, EPS growth has outpaced net income growth for over ten years.Once again, A-B has been able to defy gravity and maintain that magic double-digit earnings per share growth, even with lower net sales and earnings growth. How do they do it? The conventional wisdom has been price

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