Oct 31 (Reuters) - Brazilian brewer Ambev SA ABEV3.SA
on Tuesday reported a lower than expected third-quarter net
profit of 20.32 billion reais ($4.03 billion)
However, when compared to the same period last year, the
company's net profit grew 19.3% organically, despite volumes
decreasing by 2% year-on-year.
Analysts expected net revenue of 21.220 billion reais
($4.21 trillion), based on a Refinitiv data.
($1 = 5.0460 reais)
(Reporting by Natalia Siniawski, Editing by Louise Heavens)
((natalia.siniawski@thomsonreuters.com;))