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CCU Stock — Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA ADR

Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA ADR (CCU)

Updated October 16, 2026.

Verdict as of October 16, 2026

CCU's distribution is rated elevated risk by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (32/100, high confidence). It pays semi-annual and its distribution rate is 3.05%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.166 with an ex-date of April 17, 2026, was 6.7% lower than the previous $0.1779. These payments are unclassified; this does not establish a base-dividend change.

Sources: Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.

CCU is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.05%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.16%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 32/100 (Elevated risk). Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.3%.

Compañía Cervecerías Unidas is a diversified beverage company operating across Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay, producing beers, wines, spirits, soft drinks, and bottled water under numerous regional and international brands including Cristal, Heineken, Sol, Red Bull, and various wine labels. The company distributes semi-annually at a modest current distribution rate. The business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the Latin American beverage sector with regular dividend payments.

CCU dividend yield and income

Price as of 2026-10-16.

The distribution rate (3.05%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Trailing-12-month yield (3.16%) is the last year of cash distributions by ex-date divided by the current price. The dividend amount is $0.166. The ex-dividend date is 04/17/2026. The payment date is 05/12/2026.

Recorded distribution timeline (87)
Ex-dateAs paidPer current shareChange from previous payment
2026-04-17$0.166$0.166-6.7%
Unclassified cash
2025-11-21$0.17787$0.17787-17.7%
Unclassified cash
2025-04-24$0.216$0.216-10.4%
Unclassified cash
2024-11-22$0.241$0.24133.1%
Unclassified cash
2024-04-23$0.181$0.181-5.7%
Unclassified cash
2023-11-22$0.192$0.192209.7%
Unclassified cash
2023-04-20$0.062$0.062-80.1%
Unclassified cash
2022-12-22$0.312$0.312-36.3%
Unclassified cash
2022-04-25$0.49$0.49-55.5%
Unclassified cash
2021-11-24$1.102$1.102124.4%
Unclassified cash
2021-10-21$0.491$0.491N/A
2021-04-15$0.379$0.379156.1%
Unclassified cash
2020-12-22$0.148$0.148-66.0%
Unclassified cash
2020-04-16$0.435$0.435128.9%
Unclassified cash
2019-12-18$0.19$0.19-82.2%
Unclassified cash
2019-04-22$1.067$1.067N/A
2019-01-02$0.25696$0.25696N/A
2018-12-27$0.416$0.416N/A
2018-04-19$0.361$0.36168.7%
Unclassified cash
2017-12-28$0.214$0.214-35.2%
Unclassified cash
2017-04-18$0.33$0.3361.8%
Unclassified cash
2016-12-28$0.204$0.204-27.4%
Unclassified cash
2016-04-13$0.281$0.28151.9%
Unclassified cash
2015-12-29$0.185$0.185-42.0%
Unclassified cash
2015-04-15$0.319$0.31955.6%
Unclassified cash
2014-12-30$0.205$0.205-44.6%
Unclassified cash
2014-04-09$0.37$0.3755.5%
Unclassified cash
2013-12-31$0.238$0.238-51.8%
Unclassified cash
2013-04-10$0.494$0.49487.1%
Unclassified cash
2013-01-09$0.264$0.264N/A
2012-04-12$0.15088$0.060352N/A
2012-04-11$1.341$0.5364N/A
2011-12-28$0.6$0.24-50.5%
Unclassified cash
2011-04-15$1.212$0.484896.1%
Unclassified cash
2010-12-29$0.618$0.2472-53.9%
Unclassified cash
2010-04-20$1.341$0.5364125.0%
Unclassified cash
2009-12-29$0.596$0.2384N/A
2009-04-21$0.0954$0.03816N/A
2009-04-20$0.895$0.358N/A
2009-01-01$0.0588$0.02352N/A
2008-12-30$0.349$0.1396188.5%
Unclassified cash
2008-04-21$0.12095$0.04838N/A
2008-04-18$1.178$0.4712N/A
2008-01-03$0.05563$0.022252N/A
2008-01-02$0.473$0.1892344.0%
Unclassified cash
2007-04-19$0.10653$0.042612N/A
2007-04-18$0.725$0.29N/A
2006-12-28$0.04803$0.019212N/A
2006-12-27$0.333$0.1332345.8%
Unclassified cash
2006-04-20$0.0747$0.02988N/A
2006-04-19$0.641$0.2564N/A
2005-12-30$0.03775$0.0151N/A
2005-12-28$0.294$0.1176311.2%
Unclassified cash
2005-04-22$0.0715$0.0286N/A
2005-04-20$0.535$0.214N/A
2004-12-31$0.233$0.0932-44.7%
Unclassified cash
2004-04-27$0.421$0.168452.5%
Unclassified cash
2003-12-30$0.276$0.1104N/A
2003-10-01$0.829$0.3316N/A
2003-08-21$0.08223$0.032892N/A
2003-08-20$1.656$0.6624N/A
2003-05-01$0.0197$0.00788N/A
2003-04-30$0.065$0.026N/A
2003-03-06$0.12718$0.050872N/A
2003-03-05$1.178$0.4712N/A
2003-01-02$0.0039$0.00156N/A
2002-12-31$0.156$0.0624N/A
2002-04-30$0.252$0.10089.1%
Unclassified cash
2002-01-02$0.231$0.0924-70.8%
Unclassified cash
2001-05-04$0.792$0.3168654.3%
Unclassified cash
2001-01-08$0.105$0.042-71.4%
Unclassified cash
2000-05-05$0.367$0.146856.8%
Unclassified cash
1999-12-31$0.234$0.0936557.3%
Unclassified cash
1999-08-17$0.0356$0.01424-88.7%
Unclassified cash
1999-05-04$0.315$0.126191.7%
Unclassified cash
1999-01-08$0.108$0.04322.9%
Unclassified cash
1998-04-28$0.105$0.04210.5%
Unclassified cash
1998-01-02$0.095$0.03835.7%
Unclassified cash
1997-05-02$0.07$0.0280.0%
Unclassified cash
1997-01-16$0.07$0.028-14.6%
Unclassified cash
1996-05-07$0.082$0.0328-21.9%
Unclassified cash
1995-12-27$0.105$0.042-6.2%
Unclassified cash
1995-05-05$0.112$0.044824.4%
Unclassified cash
1994-12-22$0.09$0.036-79.8%
Unclassified cash
1994-05-02$0.44525$0.1781709.5%
Unclassified cash
1993-12-20$0.055$0.02222.2%
Unclassified cash
1993-05-06$0.045$0.018—
1993 total—$0.04—
1994 total—$0.2141435.3%
1995 total—$0.0868-59.5%
1996 total—$0.0328-62.2%
1997 total—$0.05670.7%
1998 total—$0.0842.9%
1999 total—$0.27704246.3%
2000 total—$0.1468-47.0%
2001 total—$0.3588144.4%
2002 total—$0.2556-28.8%
2003 total—$1.694804563.1%
2004 total—$0.2616-84.6%
2005 total—$0.375343.5%
2006 total (cadence changed)—$0.43869216.9%
2007 total—$0.332612-24.2%
2008 total (cadence changed)—$0.870632161.8%
2009 total—$0.65808-24.4%
2010 total—$0.783619.1%
2011 total—$0.7248-7.5%
2012 total—$0.596752-17.7%
2013 total—$0.99666.9%
2014 total—$0.575-42.3%
2015 total—$0.504-12.3%
2016 total—$0.485-3.8%
2017 total—$0.54412.2%
2018 total—$0.77742.8%
2019 total—$1.5139694.8%
2020 total—$0.583-61.5%
2021 total—$1.972238.3%
2022 total—$0.802-59.3%
2023 total—$0.254-68.3%
2024 total—$0.42266.1%
2025 total—$0.39387-6.7%
2026 YTD total—$0.166-23.1% vs prior-year YTD

CCU dividend growth

Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -24.8%. The 1Y row below uses this same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison. The deepest trailing-12-month payout decline in the past five years is -76.40%.

TTM income vs TTM N years earlier
WindowChange
1Y-24.8%
3Y-8.1%
5Y-34.7%

CCU performance

Returns are updating. CCU's total return appears here after the next nightly update.

Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.3%.

CCU key facts

Distribution Safety Score™
32 · Elevated risk
Safety-Adjusted Yield
0.98%
Asset type
Stock
Asset class
Equity
Inception date
09/24/1992
Distribution rate
3.05%
Distribution frequency
Semi-Annual
Trailing yield
3.16%
5-year average yield
3.32
Last close
$10.89 (as of 2026-10-16)
Market cap
$2,011,943,138
Average volume
223638.0
Dividend
$0.166
Ex-dividend date
04/17/2026
Payment date
05/12/2026
Beta
0.271
Payout ratio
53.2%
P/E ratio
18.78
Forward P/E
10.917
EPS
$0.58

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.05%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.16%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CCU risks and drawbacks

CCU's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.3%.

Who may consider CCU — and who may not

CCU may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CCU pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

More on CCU

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Frequently asked questions

Does CCU pay monthly?

No. CCU currently pays semi-annual, not monthly.

What is CCU's dividend yield?

CCU's distribution rate is 3.05%, paid semi-annual — calculation basis unavailable.

How has CCU's dividend grown?

Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed -24.8%. That is the same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison used in the dividend-history table.

When does CCU pay a dividend?

CCU pays semi-annual. The dividend amount is $0.166. The ex-dividend date is 04/17/2026. The payment date is 05/12/2026.

How has CCU performed?

Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.3%.

Is CCU a good investment?

CCU's Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score is 32 (Elevated risk). That is a risk signal, not investment advice. Its distribution rate is 3.05% (calculation basis unavailable). Compare peers below rather than treating any single figure as a buy or sell.

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