Shares in focus: Brewing behemoth SAB Miller

SAB Miller is one of the world’s largest brewing firms. It is a huge and growing company. So does that makes its shares a buy? Phil Oakley investigates.

What is SAB Miller?

SABMiller (SAB) is one of the world's largest brewing firms with more than 200 beer brands. Globally its biggest brands are Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzuro, Miller and Grolsch and it owns many local brands. A substantial soft drinks business also makes it one of the world's largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products. The firm has a 39.7% stake in South African Hotels and Tsogo Sun Gaming Group. Operating in more than 75 countries, total sales for SABMiller were $28.3bn in 2010/2011.

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Phil spent 13 years as an investment analyst for both stockbroking and fund management companies.

 

After graduating with a MSc in International Banking, Economics & Finance from Liverpool Business School in 1996, Phil went to work for BWD Rensburg, a Liverpool based investment manager. In 2001, he joined ABN AMRO as a transport analyst. After a brief spell as a food retail analyst, he spent five years with ABN's very successful UK Smaller Companies team where he covered engineering, transport and support services stocks.

 

In 2007, Phil joined Halbis Capital Management as a European equities analyst. He began writing for MoneyWeek in 2010.