ABEV - Ambev S.A. (ABEV) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
2024-05-09 21:25:29 ET
Ambev S.A. (ABEV)
Q1 2024 Results Conference Call
May 08, 2024 11:30 AM ET
Company Participants
Jean Jereissati - Chief Executive Officer
Lucas Lira - Chief Financial and Investor Relations
Conference Call Participants
Isabella Simonato - Bank of America
Felipe Ucros - Scotia
Rodrigo Alcantara - UBS
Lucas Ferreira - JPMorgan
Robert Ottenstein - Evercore ISI
Ben Theurer - Barclays
Renata Cabral - Citi
Ricardo Alves - Morgan Stanley
Presentation
Operator
Good morning, good afternoon, and thank you for waiting. We would like to welcome everyone to Ambev's 2024 First quarter Results Conference Call. Today, with us we have Mr. Jean Jereissati, Ambev's CEO; and Mr. Lucas Lira, CFO and Investor Relations Officer. As a reminder, a slide presentation is available for downloading on our website ir.ambev.com.br, as well as through the webcast link of this call.
We would like to inform you that this event is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
Before proceeding, let me mention that forward-looking statements are being made under the safe harbor of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1996. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Ambev's management and on information currently available to the company. They involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions because they relate to future events and therefore depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Investors should understand that general economic conditions, industry conditions, and other operating factors could also affect the future results of Ambev and could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements.
I would also like to remind everyone that, as usual, the percentage changes that will be discussed during today's call are both organic and normalized in nature. And unless otherwise stated, percentage changes refer to comparisons with 2023 first quarter results. Normalized figures refer to performance measures before exceptional items, which are either income or expenses that do not occur regularly as part of Ambev's normal activities. As normalized figures are non-GAAP measures, the company discloses the consolidated profit, EPS, operating profit and EBITDA on a fully reported basis in the earnings release....
Ambev S.A. (ABEV) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript