United Breweries Co (United Breweries Co) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 8.04 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Breweries Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $81 Mil. United Breweries Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,442 Mil. United Breweries Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $189 Mil. United Breweries Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.04.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CCU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56 Med: 1.23 Max: 7.59
Current: 7.59

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United Breweries Co was 7.59. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 1.23.

CCU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
90.63% of 160 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 1.685 vs CCU: 7.59

United Breweries Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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United Breweries Co Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

1.48

2.85

1.70

6.48

7.38

United Breweries Co Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA																4.47	3.33	49.99	11.40	8.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

United Breweries Co Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

United Breweries Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

United Breweries Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(80.518	+	1442.207)	/	206.405
	=	7.38

United Breweries Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(80.518	+	1442.207)	/	189.316
	=	8.04

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

United Breweries Co (NYSE:CCU) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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United Breweries Co (United Breweries Co) Business Description

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CVU:Germany CCU:Chile

Address

Avenida Vitacura N° 2670, Twenty-Third Floor, Santiago, CHL

Website

https://www.ccu.cl

United Breweries Co Inc is a multi-category beverage company with operations in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The company is a player in each one of the beverage categories in which it participates in Chile, including beer, soft drinks, mineral and bottled water, juice, wine, cider and pisco, among others. The Company has three operating segment with respect to its revenues in the geographic areas of commercial activity: Chile; International business and Wine. It generates maximum revenue from Chile.