Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (NYSE:CCU) Announces Semi-annual Dividend of $0.15

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (NYSE:CCU) announced a semi-annual dividend on Wednesday, November 13th,Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Friday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of 0.1498 per share on Friday, November 22nd. This represents a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 22nd. This is an increase from Compañía Cervecerías Unidas’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.10.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has decreased its dividend by an average of 23.6% annually over the last three years. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a dividend payout ratio of 43.8% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Compañía Cervecerías Unidas to earn $0.86 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.35 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 40.7%.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:CCU opened at $10.92 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $11.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $11.53. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80. Compañía Cervecerías Unidas has a 1-year low of $10.00 and a 1-year high of $13.74.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on CCU shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas from $10.50 to $9.40 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut shares of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $21.00 to $10.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded shares of Compañía Cervecerías Unidas from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $12.08.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas Company Profile

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas SA operates as a beverage company in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The company operates through three segments: Chile, International Business, and Wine. It produces and sells alcoholic and non-alcoholic beer under proprietary and licensed brands, as well as distributes Pernod Ricard products in non-supermarket retail stores.