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Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. (CCU)

NYSE: CCU · Malt Beverages · Santiago Chile, CL · filing with the SEC since 2001
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Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.3● Present 6.2▶ Future 6.9
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The grade of Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present6.240% of the headline
▶ Future6.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from CLP 1498 billion in fiscal 2015 to CLP 2905 billion in fiscal 2024, up 7.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.6%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 23% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.4%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
7.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 7.2/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 28% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 42 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s shareholder treatment is put at 7.2 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 28% of 42 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 58%: owes 58¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 33 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 58 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 35% of its family
  • return on equitytop 40% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 25% of 42 in its family; net margin 6.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s standing among 42 graded names in its industry family: revenue of CLP 2905 billion in fiscal 2024 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 6.1% ranks in the top 27%; revenue growth of 5.3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 23% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • net margin6.1%top 27% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.3%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned
family median, 29 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s leadership is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 29 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 42 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of CLP 707 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 17.7% of its assets as net cash, top 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.6% of revenue (bottom 49%); a gross margin of 45.2% (top 11%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets17.7%top 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.6%bottom 49% of its family
  • gross margin45.2%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 42 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 42 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 5.3% a year over the last three filed years against 7.6% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 13.2% (top 15%); capital spending grew -3.4% a year (top 49%) (its annual reports). Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.3 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth13.2%top 15% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-3.4%top 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 35% of 39 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of CLP 2905 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 11.4% above the CLP 2607 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 22% of its family); net income of CLP 177 billion against a prior three-year average of CLP 158 billion (top 42%); a net margin of 6.1% against 6.1% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace11.4%top 22% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+12%top 42% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CCU · research, not advice