ABEV vs CCU vs AKO-A Stock Comparison

Ambev, United Breweries and Andina Bottling Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABEV Ambev S.A.
$2.88 -1.0% 1M +29.7% 1Y
Market cap
$45.39B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.68B
Div. yield
1.04%
Brewers Consumer Staples
4 wins
CCU United Breweries Co Inc
$10.67 -3.1% 1M -18.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.97B
P/E
16.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
3.19%
Brewers Consumer Staples
3 wins
AKO-A Andina Bottling Co Inc
$23.61 -9.1% 1M +17.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.72B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.87T
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Ambev leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Ambev 4, United Breweries 3, Andina Bottling 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABEVCCUAKO-ALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $45.39B $1.97B $3.72B ABEV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.3x 16.0x 0.0x ABEV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 14.2x — CCU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.1% — +73.6% AKO-A
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.8% — -7.2% ABEV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 25.3% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.04% 3.19% — CCU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +29.7% -18.1% +17.2% ABEV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.4%/yr -8.7%/yr +17.0%/yr AKO-A
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.9% 29.6% 53.0% CCU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 73/100 75/100 AKO-A

Percentile Scorecard

ABEVCCUAKO-A

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABEVCCUAKO-A
Valuation 87 #6 of 38 92 #4 of 38 95 #3 of 38
Growth 28 #24 of 33 – 63 #13 of 33
Profitability 100 #1 of 31 – 67 #11 of 31
Financial Health 81 #8 of 37 58 #16 of 37 –
Shareholder Returns 46 #13 of 23 68 #8 of 23 –
Overall 68 73 75
  • ABEV ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • CCU ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • AKO-A ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABEVCCUAKO-ASPY
1 month -1.0%-3.1%-9.1% -0.2%
3 months -7.7%-10.0%+3.8% +3.9%
6 months -1.0%-4.7%+1.5% +8.2%
Year to date +16.6%-16.4%+1.3% +12.9%
1 year +29.7%-18.1%+17.2% +12.3%
3 years +18.0%-4.1%+141.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +5.7%-1.4%+34.2% +23.3%
5 years -2.0%-36.6%+118.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.4%-8.7%+17.0% +10.9%
10 years -53.2%-50.7%+8.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year -7.3%-6.8%+0.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABEVCCUAKO-ASPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.9%29.6%53.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.3%29.4%66.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.460.910.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.83-0.610.32 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.2%-51.3%-28.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.0%-30.0%-12.4% -1.2%
52-week high $3.43$15.25$26.96 $779.14
52-week low $2.18$10.26$20.29 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABEVCCUAKO-A
P/E now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 26.1x 16.0xmedian 26.1x 0.0xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.6x 0.6xmedian 1.6x 0.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 14.0x —median 14.0x —median 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 18.1x 19.4xmedian 18.1x 5.1xmedian 18.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 2.6x 1.1xmedian 2.6x —median 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 4.15median 2.07 —median 2.07 —median 2.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABEVCCUAKO-A
Revenue $16.68B – $1.87T
Gross profit $8.66B – $738.40B
Operating income $4.53B – $506.45B
Net income $3.16B – $166.68B
Free cash flow $6.02B – –
EPS (diluted) $0.20 – –
Cash & equivalents $3.21B $576.90M –
Total debt $2.67B $6.04B –
Shares (diluted) 15.68B – –
Enterprise value $30.79B -$934.91M $3.72B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABEVCCUAKO-A
P/E 14.3x 16.0x 0.0x
P/FCF 7.5x 19.4x 5.1x
P/Operating cash flow 8.6x – –
P/S 2.7x 0.6x 0.0x
P/B 2.6x 1.1x –
P/Tangible book 3.0x 1.3x –
EV/EBITDA 7.5x – –
EV/EBIT 9.5x – 0.0x
EV/Revenue 2.6x – 0.0x
EV/FCF 7.1x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 8.2x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.15 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABEVCCUAKO-A
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.1% – 73.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.4% – 7.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.9% – 7.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 8.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.0% – 13.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% – 11.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 19.2% – 6.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.6% – 21.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -14.2% – –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.5% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.3% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.6% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.2% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.9% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABEVCCUAKO-A
Gross margin 51.9% – 39.4%
EBITDA margin 34.6% – –
Operating margin 27.1% – 27.0%
Pretax margin 23.1% – 11.7%
Net margin 18.8% – -7.2%
FCF margin 36.1% – –
Operating cash flow margin 31.5% – –
Return on equity 18.4% – –
Return on assets 11.7% – –
Return on invested capital 25.3% – –
Return on capital employed 23.5% – –
Asset turnover 0.6x – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x – –
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABEVCCUAKO-A
Debt / assets 4.1% 34.9% –
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – –
Debt / FCF 0.2x – –
Liabilities / assets 35.7% 55.7% –
Equity / assets 64.3% 44.3% –
Interest coverage 5.7x – –
Current ratio 1.0x 1.9x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.3x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.7x –
Altman Z-score 4.13 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABEVCCUAKO-A
Dividend yield 1.0% 3.2% –
Net buyback yield 1.2% – –
Shareholder yield 2.2% 3.2% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABEVCCUAKO-A
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 14.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.19FY2026 $0.75FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 +7.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +15.8% -5.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.71BFY2026 $3.24BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +8.2%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +0.1% +3.7% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABEVCCUAKO-A
Held by institutions 6.7% 14.4% 0.1%
Institutions holding 403 81 16
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +4.1% -1.0%
Institutions buying 199 43 4
Institutions selling 131 25 5
Buyers to sellers 1.52 1.72 0.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABEVCCUAKO-A
ABEV 1.00 0.43 0.06
CCU 0.43 1.00 0.10
AKO-A 0.06 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABEV, CCU and AKO-A?

Ambev (ABEV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ambev (ABEV) $45.39B, United Breweries (CCU) $1.97B, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) $3.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABEV, CCU and AKO-A?

Ambev (ABEV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ambev (ABEV) 14.3x, United Breweries (CCU) 16.0x, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 0.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, United Breweries (CCU) is cheapest (Ambev (ABEV) 15.2x, United Breweries (CCU) 14.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Andina Bottling (AKO-A) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ambev (ABEV) +4.1%, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +73.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ambev (ABEV) has the highest net margin (Ambev (ABEV) 18.8%, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) -7.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ambev (ABEV) returned the most: Ambev (ABEV) +29.7%, United Breweries (CCU) -18.1%, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.2%. Over five years, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) compounded fastest (Ambev (ABEV) -0.4%/yr, United Breweries (CCU) -8.7%/yr, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

United Breweries (CCU) has the highest dividend yield: Ambev (ABEV) 1.04%, United Breweries (CCU) 3.19%. Andina Bottling (AKO-A) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, United Breweries (CCU) has been the steadiest (Ambev (ABEV) 35.9%, United Breweries (CCU) 29.6%, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 53.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABEV, CCU and AKO-A?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ambev (ABEV) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.