Leo Bueno wrote:
> Looking for list of publicly traded wine companies, that is, companies
> whose primary business is wine (as opposed to, for example, LVHM which
> does have some wine businesses, but I don't think wine is its primary
> gig).
>
> There have been some consolidations in the industry and I have not
> been keeping track, so if you have a current list, will appreciate
> your posting it.
>
> Thanks.
>
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From Yahoo business: It appears that Constellation and Diageo are the
likely suspects in the US (Diageo is more spirits but does offer: "wine
brands include Beaulieu Vineyard wine, Sterling Vineyards wine, Blossom
Hill wine, and Piat D’Or wine"
DIRECT COMPETITOR COMPARISON

STZ DEO Pvt1 Pvt2 Industry
Market Cap: 6.77B 54.70B N/A N/A 1.06B
Employ*ees: 7,900 21,972 4,4001 N/A 2.92K
Qtrly Rev Growth (yoy): 18.90% N/A N/A N/A 12.60%
Revenue (ttm): 4.89B 14.23B 2.70B1 N/A 893.68M
Gross Margin (ttm): 29.08% 59.84% N/A N/A 40.04%
EBITDA (ttm): 903.61M 4.69B N/A N/A 97.04M
Oper Margins (ttm): 15.57% 28.15% N/A N/A 12.15%
Net Income (ttm): 311.26M 2.80B N/A N/A 35.43M
EPS (ttm): 1.341 3.92 N/A N/A 0.98
P/E (ttm): 21.64 20.23 N/A N/A 21.64
PEG (5 yr expected): 1.14 1.67 N/A N/A 1.14
P/S (ttm): 1.38 3.87 N/A N/A 3.29


DEO = Diageo plc
Pvt1 = E. & J. Gallo Winery (privately held)
Pvt2 = Foster's Wine Estates Americas (privately held)
Industry = Beverages - Wineries & Distillers
1 = As of 2005