United Breweries Co. Inc. CCU
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What this company does
Written from the business description in UNITED BREWERIES CO INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 29 April 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +9.8% a year over the five years to FY2024 — but profit grew slower: net income at +3.9%, earnings per share at +4.3%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Return on equity has no reading this year — return on capital employed, just below, still does: 9%.
The 10-year record
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue CLP B | 2904.6 | 2565.6 | 2711.4 | 2484.7 | 1857.6 | 1822.5 | 1783.3 | 1698.4 | 1558.9 | 1498.4 |
| Operating income CLP B | 262.6 | 240.0 | 218.8 | 330.5 | 175.2 | 234.0 | 472.8 | 227.2 | 192.3 | 213.4 |
| EBITDA CLP B | 415.8 | 366.1 | 345.3 | 454.6 | 285.0 | 339.0 | 566.0 | 319.4 | 275.8 | 295.0 |
| Income tax CLP B | −11.0 | −15.3 | 0.3 | 82.6 | 35.4 | 40.0 | 136.1 | 48.4 | 30.2 | 50.1 |
| Net income CLP B | 176.5 | 118.4 | 135.5 | 219.1 | 108.2 | 145.6 | 322.1 | 148.1 | 118.5 | 120.8 |
| Free cash flow CLP B | 134.6 | 169.7 | −142.7 | 123.7 | 163.7 | 107.7 | 300.9 | 138.6 | 64.3 | 89.8 |
| EPS, diluted CLP | 435.57 | 285.93 | 319.80 | 539.00 | 260.22 | 352.21 | 830.55 | 350.76 | 320.59 | 326.95 |
| Dividend / sh CLP | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Payout % | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | 24 | 58 | 59 | 55 |
| ROE % | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | 25.8 | 11.9 | 11.0 | ◌ |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 10 of the 10 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015. Eight checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2015.