Earnings Week: Digging Deeper into A-B, Monster and Ball Results

Dear Client:  Anheuser-Busch InBev, Monster, and Ball Corp. all reported earnings yesterday (after Molson Coors, Diageo and Heineken earlier this week). Here are the highlights from the latest calls. MONSTER SHEDS LIGHT ON BANG DEAL  It’s been less than a week since Monster officially closed on its $362 million purchase of energy drink rival, Bang, and during Thursday’s Q2 earnings call we got some more insight into how the energy disruptor will be folded into Monster’s portfolio.  PRODUCT DISRUPTIONS EXPECTED