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Profile - Compania Cervecerias Uni. (NYSE:CU)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  9Earnings Announcement
Location
Bandera 84, Pisos 6-11, Casilla 1997
Santiago, Chile
Phone: (212) 688-6840
Fax: (212) 838-3393
Email: ccuir@ccu-sa.com
Employees (last reported count): 3,489
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 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Beverages (Alcoholic)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 83%
·Institutional: 9% (55% of float)
(73 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2.82M shares (+90.52%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. is a diversified beverage company operating principally in Chile and Argentina. The Company's products include a range of proprietary, licensed and imported beer and soft drinks brands. The Company's line of beers in Chile includes a full range of super-premium, premium, medium-priced and popular-priced brands. In addition, the Company is the distributor and/or producer in Chile of certain imported beer brands. The Company entered the Argentine beer market by acquiring two breweries, and now also has a small mineral water production plant in that market. The Company also owns an equity interest in Kartovacka Pivovara d.d., which owns and operates one of the largest breweries in Croatia. The Company produces and sells soft drinks and mineral water products in Chile through Embotelladoras Chilenas Unidas S.A. The Company also does business in the Chilean through its interest in Vina San Pedro S.A., a winery and wine exporter.
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Financial Summary
CCU produces, bottles and distributes beer in Chile and Argentina. CCU has licensing, distribution and joint venture arrangements with Paulaner Brauerei AG, Anheuser-Busch Incorp., Cadbury Schweppes Plc. and PepsiCo. Inc. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues rose 6% to CH$90.44 billion. Net income totaled CH$27.3 billion, up from CH$12.34 billion. Revenues reflect increased volume and avg. selling price. Earnings also benefitted from increased non-operating income.
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Officers

Position
Guillermo LuksicChairman and Pres
Patricio JottarCEO
Ricardo ReyesCFO
Thomas FurstVP of the Board
Dirk LeisewitzGen. Controller
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CUAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-Oct-2000
$18.438
Recent Price$22.15 
52-Week High
on 31-Jan-2001
$26.15 
Beta0.81 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)32.2K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)11.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-5.0%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+27.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.41B
Shares Outstanding63.7M
Float10.8M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$10.14 
Earnings (ttm)$0.97 
Earnings (mrq)$0.65 
Sales (ttm)$7.70 
Cash (mrq)$1.90 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.18 
Price/Earnings (ttm)22.79 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.88 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$490.6M
EBITDA (ttm)$63.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$61.9M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)12.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)6.96%
Return on Equity (ttm)10.31%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)2.58 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.20 
Total Cash (mrq)$121.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short144.0K
Percent of Float1.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
146.0K
Short Ratio4.50 
Daily Volume32.0K
ADR Information
Shares/ADR5
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