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Molson Coors Beverage Company Reports 2024 Second Quarter Results

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Net Sales Nearly Flat while Income Before Income Taxes Improves 26.9% or 5.2% on an Underlying Basis in Constant Currency

Returns $353 Million to Shareholders Through Dividend and Share Repurchases

Reaffirms 2024 Full Year Guidance for Top-Line and Bottom-Line Growth

GOLDEN, Colo. & MONTRÉAL, August 06, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Molson Coors Beverage Company ("MCBC," "Molson Coors" or "the Company") (NYSE: TAP, TAP.A; TSX: TPX.A, TPX.B) today reported results for the 2024 second quarter.

2024 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS1

  • Net sales decreased 0.4% reported and 0.1% in constant currency.

  • U.S. GAAP income before income taxes of $559.9 million increased 26.9% reported.

  • Underlying (Non-GAAP) income before income taxes of $531.2 million improved 5.2% in constant currency.

  • U.S. GAAP net income attributable to MCBC of $427.0 million, $2.03 per share on a diluted basis. Underlying (Non-GAAP) diluted earnings per share of $1.92 per share increased 7.9%.

CEO AND CFO PERSPECTIVES

Molson Coors had strong results this quarter which played out largely as we expected. In the second quarter of 2024, we essentially held the top line and grew the bottom line 5.2% while cycling the strongest second quarter of U.S. GAAP reported net sales since the 2005 Molson and Coors merger. For the six months ended June 30, 2024, net sales increased 4.2% on a constant currency basis, while underlying income before income taxes increased 20.4% on a constant currency basis.

Our performance in the first half of the year was largely driven by favorable price and favorable U.S. shipment timing offset by lower contract brewing volumes. To ensure we met supply needs during the peak summer season, we deliberately increased our U.S. distributor inventories ahead of and during the strike at our Fort Worth brewery which ran 14 weeks from February to May. This dynamic does not impact our expectations for the full year but does significantly impact the timing of our results over the course of the year, which is why we are maintaining our guidance for the full year 2024. Additionally, our America's financial volume was impacted by the exit of over 900,000 hectoliters related to the wind down of a major contract brewing arrangement which terminates at the end of the year.

We continue to make progress against our strategic priorities and execute against our Acceleration Plan initiatives. According to Circana, in the U.S., Coors Light, Miller Lite and Coors Banquet second quarter combined volume share is down a half share point of industry versus a year ago when we saw our peak share gains. However, these brands remain up 2 full share points compared to the second quarter of 2022. This means that we retained approximately 80% of our peak share gains on our core power brands in the U.S. In EMEA&APAC, strong core power brand results were supported by Ožujsko which continues to gain value share in Croatia, and the launch of a new brand in Romania, Caraiman, which has delivered about 150,000 hectoliters already.