Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU)Consumer Defensive | Beverages - Brewers | Santiago, Chile | NYSE
11.03 USD
-0.07
(-0.631%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 11.18 +0.15 (1.328%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 5:05 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT
The investment case for this brewer is currently mired in a tug-of-war between stagnant growth and a defensive balance sheet. Fundamentally, the business is showing signs of fatigue: revenue growth has effectively stalled at just 0.2%, and earnings are contracting at nearly 7%. While the company maintains a fortress-like liquidity position with a current ratio above 2.0 and manageable debt, the lack of top-line expansion prevents it from commanding a premium valuation. The stock trades at a forward P/E of roughly 12x, which offers some safety margin, but the absence of multi-year price appreciation—despite a recent uptick in the latest annual report—suggests the market remains skeptical of its ability to reverse course. The recent acquisition of Aguas CCU-Nestlé is a significant strategic move that could unlock value, but until the integration shows results or volume picks up, the stock lacks the momentum required for a strong buy. It sits in a 'hold' zone: too slow to be a growth play, yet stable enough to serve as a low-beta income component, though the yield is not exceptional compared to other defensive sectors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_115 ✓ | 0.043830 |
| AutoTheta | 0.064719 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.068108 |
| AutoETS | 0.068109 |
| MSTL | 0.074554 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_115
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 51% |
| H-stat | 0.75 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.964 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.14 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-04-16 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-04-16 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 71.051 |
| Market Cap | 2,042,086,784 |
| Trailing P/E | 16.71 |
| Forward P/E | 12.14 |
| Beta | 0.22 |
| Profit Margins | 3.89% |
| Website | https://www.ccu.cl |
As of July 11, 2026, 3 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put open interest at the $12.50 strike, suggesting a fear of a drop toward the $10 level. Conversely, call activity is concentrated far out-of-the-money at $15, indicating limited bullish conviction for a near-term rally. Implied volatility is elevated on both sides relative to deep ITM strikes, reflecting uncertainty rather than a clear directional bet.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.35% | 1.35% | 2.69% | 4.86% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | 0.1660 | 1.349593 |
| 2025-04-24 | 0.2160 | 1.389068 |
| 2024-11-22 | 0.2410 | 2.208983 |
| 2024-04-23 | 0.1810 | 1.521008 |
| 2023-11-22 | 0.1920 | 1.606695 |
| 2023-04-20 | 0.0620 | 0.403383 |
| 2022-12-22 | 0.3120 | 2.538649 |
| 2022-04-25 | 0.4900 | 3.656717 |
| 2021-11-24 | 1.1020 | 6.586970 |
| 2021-10-21 | 0.4910 | 3.055383 |
| 2021-04-15 | 0.3790 | 1.979112 |
| 2020-12-22 | 0.1480 | 0.984697 |
| 2020-04-16 | 0.4350 | 2.826511 |
| 2019-12-18 | 0.1900 | 0.976864 |
| 2019-04-22 | 1.0670 | 3.857556 |
| 2018-12-27 | 0.4160 | 1.637151 |
| 2018-04-19 | 0.3610 | 1.261356 |
| 2017-12-28 | 0.2140 | 0.733128 |
| 2017-04-18 | 0.3300 | 1.219512 |
| 2016-12-28 | 0.2040 | 0.991254 |
| 2016-04-13 | 0.2810 | 1.286630 |
| 2015-12-29 | 0.1850 | 0.846682 |
| 2015-04-15 | 0.3190 | 1.517602 |
| 2014-12-30 | 0.2050 | 1.111111 |
| 2014-04-09 | 0.3700 | 1.694915 |
| 2013-12-31 | 0.2380 | 0.987142 |
| 2013-04-10 | 0.4940 | 1.533685 |
| 2013-01-09 | 0.2640 | 0.831496 |
| 2012-04-11 | 0.5364 | 1.843552 |
| 2011-12-28 | 0.2400 | 0.959539 |
| 2011-04-15 | 0.4848 | 2.121477 |
| 2010-12-29 | 0.2472 | 1.055688 |
| 2010-04-20 | 0.5364 | 3.413082 |
| 2009-12-29 | 0.2384 | 1.552892 |
| 2009-04-20 | 0.3580 | 3.049404 |
| 2008-12-30 | 0.1396 | 1.308096 |
| 2008-04-18 | 0.4712 | 3.151418 |
| 2008-01-02 | 0.1892 | 1.317549 |
| 2007-04-18 | 0.2900 | 2.232143 |
| 2006-12-27 | 0.1332 | 1.088235 |
| 2006-04-19 | 0.2564 | 2.616326 |
| 2005-12-28 | 0.1176 | 1.192698 |
| 2005-04-20 | 0.2140 | 2.243187 |
| 2004-12-31 | 0.0932 | 0.923504 |
| 2004-04-27 | 0.1684 | 1.981176 |
| 2003-12-30 | 0.1104 | 1.259124 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.3316 | 4.699546 |
| 2003-08-20 | 0.6624 | 9.798816 |
| 2003-04-30 | 0.0260 | 0.396825 |
| 2003-03-05 | 0.4712 | 7.455696 |
| 2002-12-31 | 0.0624 | 1.068493 |
| 2002-04-30 | 0.1008 | 1.660079 |
| 2002-01-02 | 0.0924 | 1.323782 |
| 2001-05-04 | 0.3168 | 3.399142 |
| 2001-01-08 | 0.0420 | 0.437500 |
| 2000-05-05 | 0.1468 | 1.687356 |
| 1999-12-31 | 0.0936 | 0.729825 |
| 1999-05-04 | 0.1260 | 1.333333 |
| 1999-01-08 | 0.0432 | 0.608451 |
| 1998-04-28 | 0.0420 | 0.367615 |
| 1998-01-02 | 0.0380 | 0.320675 |
| 1997-05-02 | 0.0280 | 0.316384 |
| 1997-01-16 | 0.0280 | 0.424242 |
| 1996-05-07 | 0.0328 | 0.379191 |
| 1995-12-27 | 0.0420 | 0.456522 |
| 1995-05-05 | 0.0448 | 0.471579 |
| 1994-12-22 | 0.0360 | 0.371134 |
| 1993-12-20 | 0.0220 | 0.198198 |
| 1993-05-06 | 0.0180 | 0.218182 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.12391478 |
| Address1 | Avenida Vitacura Nº 2670 |
| Address2 | Las Condes district |
| All Time High | 34.95 |
| All Time Low | 4.84 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.3 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 217,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 162,632 |
| Average Volume | 162,632 |
| Average Volume10Days | 217,510 |
| Beta | 0.222 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Book Value | 4,007.12 |
| City | Santiago |
| Country | Chile |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 11.03 |
| Current Ratio | 2.036 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 11.21 |
| Day Low | 10.98 |
| Debt To Equity | 71.051 |
| Display Name | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas |
| Dividend Date | 1,778,544,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.35 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.14 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.068 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.068 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,873,600 |
| Ebitda | 333,500,055,552 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.11455 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.77099 |
| Eps Forward | 0.9087 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.66 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,776,384,000 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 56 22 427 3333 |
| Fifty Day Average | 11.4182 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.3881998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.033998337 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -12.391478 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 15.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.33 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.28190103 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 10.71 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.3199997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.02987859 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 10.71 - 15.36 |
| Financial Currency | CLP |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 717,341,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 5.39 |
| Float Shares | 60,225,273 |
| Forward Eps | 0.9087 |
| Forward P E | 12.138219 |
| Free Cashflow | 33,458,737,152 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 9,251 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.44546002 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.13651 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 185,139,328 |
| Industry | Beverages - Brewers |
| Industry Disp | Beverages - Brewers |
| Industry Key | beverages-brewers |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,776,384,000 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.166 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,355,961,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 5:2 |
| Long Business Summary | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified beverage company in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It operates through three segments: Chile, International Business, and Wine. The company offers wines, soft, isotonic, and sports drinks, nectars, iced tea, pisco, rum, cider, liquors, beers, spirits, cocktails, coolers, and cockail wines; and spring, bottled, mineral, and saborized water. It provides its products under the Cristal, Escudo, Royal Guard, Morenita, Dorada, Andes, Bavaria, Stones, Heineken, Sol, Coors, Austral, Polar Imperial, Patagonia, Kunstmann, Guayacán, D´olbek, Mahina, Volcanes del Sur, Bilz, Pap, Kem, Kem Xtreme, Nobis, Pop, Cachantun, Mas, Mas Woman, Porvenir, Manantial, Red Bull, Rockstar, Perrier, Mistral, Tres Erres, Campanario, Horcón Quemado, Control Valle del Encanto, Espíritu de los Andes, La Serena, Iceberg, Hard Fresh, Ruta, Cocktail, Sabor Andino Sour, Horcón Quemado Sour, Sierra Morena, Cabo Viejo, Kantal, Fehrenberg, Barsol, Puklaro, Pernod Ricard, Fratelli Branca, Sidra 1888, La Pizka, Palermo, Santa Fé, Salta, Córdoba, Isenbeck, Norte, Iguana, Miller Genuine Draft, Amstel, Warsteiner, Grolsch, Blue Moon, Sidra Real, La Victoria, Pehuenia, El Abuelo, Eugenio Bustos, La Celia, Colón, Graffina, Santa Silvia, Villavicencio, Villa del Sur, Levité, Ser, Brío, Altaïr, Cabo de Hornos, Sideral, 1865, Castillo de Molina, Epica, Gato, GatoNegro, Reserva, Gran Reserva, Single Vineyard, Lot series, Misiones de Rengo Varietal, Reserva, Cuvée, Gran Reserva Black, Mision, Sparkling line, Alpaca, Reservado, Siglo de Oro Reserva de Viña Santa Helena, Viñamar, Donnaluna, Manquehuito, Graffigna, Colón, Colón Selecto, Nativa, Nix, Watt's, FullSport, 1888, Imperial, Escudo Silver, Kuntsmann, Miller, and Schneider brands. The company was founded in 1850 and is based in Santiago, Chile. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Inversiones y Rentas S.A. |
| Long Name | Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,042,086,784 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_103290 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,058,207,853 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 11.1 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.6036 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.73 |
| Phone | 56 22 427 3000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.14650059 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.3282012 |
| Post Market Price | 11.1765 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,976,700 |
| Previous Close | 11.1 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 14.306281 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.0027526002 |
| Profit Margins | 0.03889 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.398 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.28571 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0700006 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.630636 |
| Regular Market Day High | 11.21 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 10.98 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 10.98 - 11.21 |
| Regular Market Open | 11.1 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 11.1 |
| Regular Market Price | 11.03 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,803 |
| Regular Market Volume | 76,124 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03289 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07895 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.002 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 184,751,436 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.012200001 |
| Shares Short | 2,245,006 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,259,861 |
| Short Name | Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0356 |
| Short Ratio | 21.27 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | CCU |
| Target High Price | 15.0 |
| Target Low Price | 7.55 |
| Target Mean Price | 12.46429 |
| Target Median Price | 14.0 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.66 |
| Trailing P E | 16.71212 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 12.45375 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.4237499 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.11432299 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 76,124 |
| Website | https://www.ccu.cl |