Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A.

CCU Consumer Defensive Beverages Brewers

Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.81%
EPS
−100.0%
Free cash flow
+19.7%
Total debt
+0.40%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

10.78 0.20 −1.82%
Market cap
$2.0B
P/E
17.4×
Fwd P/E
16.2×
Dividend yield
0.00%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.23
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
22/100

Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. (CCU) Return on invested capital

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Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.99%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.56%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.56% (fiscal 2025) to 23.2% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Beverages Brewers industry median of 5.99% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 5.56% (1.81)
FY2024 7.37% (12.63)
FY2023 20.0% 13.16
FY2022 6.84% (5.88)
FY2021 12.7% 5.12
FY2020 7.60% (2.16)
FY2019 9.76% (13.40)
FY2018 23.2% 11.40
FY2017 11.8% 1.54
FY2016 10.2% (1.71)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.56% High 23.2%
Ten-year median 10.2%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
ABEV Ambev S.A. compare 19.5%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. compare 14.5%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc compare 9.11%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. 5.99%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company compare 5.15%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV compare 0.00%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. compare −14.1%
Beverages Brewers industry median 5.99%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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