{"id":16263,"date":"2023-05-31T12:40:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/anheuser-busch-stock-enters-bear-territory-amid-anti-trans-bud-light-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T12:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:40:19","slug":"anheuser-busch-stock-enters-bear-territory-amid-anti-trans-bud-light-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=16263","title":{"rendered":"Anheuser-Busch Stock Enters Bear Territory Amid Anti-Trans Bud Light Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"topline-heading\">Topline<\/h2>\n<p>Shares of Bud Light\u2019s parent company are now down more than 20% in the two months since the beer sent personalized memorabilia to transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a seemingly innocuous marketing partnership that&#8217;s cost the company billions amid right-wing backlash.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"key-facts\">\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Anheuser-Busch InBev\u2019s stock slipped 2% early Wednesday, continuing its dramatic slide against broader market gains and tanking to a new eight-month low of about $53.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Shares of the multinational beer giant have fallen 20% since March 31, the day before Mulvaney shared a video on TikTok showcasing the personalized cans of Bud Light sent to her by the company, commemorating the anniversary of her coming out as transgender.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>That set forth a firestorm of controversy among mostly right-wing celebrities, politicians and beer drinkers, including former President Donald Trump, country music singer Kid Rock and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.).<\/p>\n<p>  <fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Anheuser-Busch sales slipped by 10% or more over each of the last four weeks compared to the same week last year, according to NielsenIQ data cited Tuesday by Goldman Sachs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Meanwhile, sales for rival Molson Coors are up more than 15% on an annual basis, and shares of the Coors Light and Miller Light parent have gained 19% over the last two months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Big Number<\/h2>\n<p><strong>$26 billion.<\/strong> That\u2019s how much market capitalization Anheuser-Busch has lost over the last two months.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Contra<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the company\u2019s stock slide, Wall Street remains fairly bullish on Anheuser-Busch; the nearly three dozen analysts surveyed by FactSet have an average price target of about $67 for the stock, implying roughly 25% upside and projecting it to hit its pre-controversy level. In a Wednesday note to clients, Bernstein analysts led by Nadine Sarwat said Bud Light&#8217;s market share losses appear to be \u201cstabilizing,\u201d maintaining their $68 price target while noting the situation has unexpectedly \u201cofficially become a microcosm of U.S. politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch, which also owns Stella Artois, Busch and Michelob, is far from the only company grappling with a drag on sales and stock price amid anti-LGBTQ pushback. Retailers Target and Kohl\u2019s each received criticism from far-right pundits for Pride-themed clothing, and their stocks are down 8% and 16% over the last week, respectively, as the negative publicity outweighed profit and revenue beats in their respective quarterly earnings reports released over the last two weeks. Shares of Nike, Adidas and North Face similarly are down 7% or more over the last month while they each faced some backlash for trans-inclusive advertising campaigns. The S&amp;P 500 is up 0.4% during the timeframe.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Chief Critic<\/h2>\n<p>Anheuser-Busch CEO Michel Doukeris told the <em>Financial Times<\/em> earlier this month the massive pushback against his company is based on little more than \u201cmisinformation,\u201d attempting to distance the company\u2019s intentions in its dealings with Mulvaney. The firm put two of its top-ranking marketing executives on leave last month amidst the controversy.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><\/h2>\n<p>How Trans TikTok Star Dylan Mulvaney Became A Far-Right Target After Scoring Deals With Bud Light And Nike (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Bud Light Executive Says Misinformation Drove Controversy: Mulvaney Campaign Was \u2018Not An Advertisement\u2019 (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>More Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney Fallout: Marketing Executive Out Amid Far-Right Uproar (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dereksaul\/2023\/05\/31\/anheuser-busch-stock-enters-bear-territory-amid-anti-trans-bud-light-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Shares of Bud Light\u2019s parent company are now down more than 20% in the two months since the beer sent personalized memorabilia to transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a seemingly innocuous marketing partnership that&#8217;s cost the company billions amid right-wing backlash. Key Facts Anheuser-Busch InBev\u2019s stock slipped 2% early Wednesday, continuing its dramatic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-16263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anheuser-Busch Stock Enters Bear Territory Amid Anti-Trans Bud Light Backlash | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Topline Shares of Bud Light\u2019s parent company are now down more than 20% in the two months since the beer sent personalized memorabilia to transgender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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