Alcohol Stocks Take $830 Billion Hit as Drinking Habits Change

A liquor store in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Photographer: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg

Shares of the world’s top listed beer, wine and spirits makers have shed a combined $830 billion in a little more than four years as the industry grapples with monumental change.

That’s the total loss in market value, as a Bloomberg gauge of some 50 companies stands 46% below its June 2021 record high.