Concha Y Toro Winery Inc Stock Downgraded (VCO)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Concha y Toro Winery (NYSE:VCO) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including unimpressive growth in net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• VCO's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 1.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 9.2%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.41, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.80 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems.
• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and greatly underperformed compared to the Beverages industry average. The net income has decreased by 21.0% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from $13.51 million to $10.67 million.
• The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. When compared to other companies in the Beverages industry and the overall market, VINA CONCHA Y TORO SA's return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.

Vina Concha y Toro S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and markets wine products. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.3, above the average food & beverage industry P/E ratio of 13.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Concha y Toro Winery has a market cap of $1.35 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and food & beverage industry. Shares are down 7.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

You can view the full Concha y Toro Winery Ratings Report or get investment ideas from our investment research center.

-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

For more information on Concha y Toro Winery Inc click any of the following:

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Stock Price

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Analyst Ratings

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Key Stats & Profile

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Earnings

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Ratio Comparison

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Growth Rates

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Balance Sheet

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Cash Flow

• Concha y Toro Winery Inc Income Statement