# Alsea (ALSEA.MX)

Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/ALSEA.MX

Analysis as of: 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z. Financial observations: FY2000–FY2025.

Listing currency: MXN. Reporting currency: MXN.

## Verdict

Not a wonderful business

Quality tests for Buy: not passed (profit record: pass; earnings resilience is evidence only). Published buy qualification: no.

Share price: MXN 50.32 per share; close as of 2026-10-15.

Estimated value: low MXN 28.96 per share, central MXN 31.22 per share, high MXN 33.97 per share. Buy at or below the central value MXN 31.22 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals.

Expected annual return: 8.8% at the stated quote. About 8.8% a year at today's price (required return 13.3%). required return 13.3% a year (MX 10-year bond 9.3% + 4 points).

## Checklist

### understandable: fail

- 1 revenue decline in the last 10 years (informational)

- operating margin variation exceeds 0.35

- Financial history: 10 years

- Years with declining revenue: 1

- Years with a net loss: 1

- Operating margin variation: 0.54×

Chart: Operating margin; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 0.07×

- FY2017: 0.07×

- FY2018: 0.07×

- FY2019: 0.08×

- FY2020: -0.04×

- FY2021: 0.08×

- FY2022: 0.09×

- FY2023: 0.11×

- FY2024: 0.10×

- FY2025: 0.10×

### moat: fail

- ROIC median below threshold

- ROIC worst years below threshold (more than 1 bad year allowed)

- ROIC, median of available years: 13.1%

- ROIC, second-lowest year: 7.2%

- Typical minus recent gross margin: 0.3 pp

- Typical gross margin (annual median): 66.0%

- Recent gross margin (lower of latest and 3-year median): 65.7%

- Years with nonpositive capital: 0

- Capital spending / revenue: 6.5%

- ROIC including acquisitions, ten-year median: 2.5%

Chart: ROIC excluding acquisitions; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: 13.6%

- FY2017: 22.1%

- FY2018: 19.0%

- FY2019: 8.6%

- FY2020: -2.4%

- FY2021: 7.2%

- FY2022: 10.5%

- FY2023: 15.7%

- FY2024: 13.1%

- FY2025: 13.0%

### economics: pass

- Owner earnings / net income, 5-yr: 0.87×

- Cash conversion uses consolidated totals: No

- Owner earnings, five-year total: MXN 7.4B

- Net income, five-year total: MXN 8.5B

- Return on incremental invested capital: >100%

- Working capital / revenue, annual change: -0.4 pp

- Working capital / revenue, change between three-year averages: -3.2 pp

- Working capital / revenue, final three-year average: -3.7%

Chart: Annual owner cash / profit; fiscal year observations.

- FY2021: 1.82×

- FY2022: 0.64×

- FY2023: 0.76×

- FY2024: -0.62×

- FY2025: 1.36×

### management: pass

- Historical market-dollar context (not the management verdict): 2016 to 2025 (9 years)

- buybacks leaned toward cheaper years (informational)

- ROIC first 3 years vs last 3 years: 19.0% vs 13.1%

- Per-share earnings: 1.19 to 2.78 (three-year endpoint medians)

- Management verdict uses per-share economic progress: Yes

- Ordinary dilution, 5-year annual growth: 16.8%

- Market cap gain: MXN -6.2B

- Cumulative retained earnings: MXN 2.2B

- Diluted shares, 5-year annual growth: 16.8%

- $1 test, starting fiscal year: FY2016

- $1 test, ending fiscal year: FY2025

- Per-share value growth: 12.8%

- Per-share value change: MXN 1.59

- Per-share value, starting three-year median: MXN 1.19

- Per-share value, ending three-year median: MXN 2.78

- Buybacks concentrated in cheaper years (correlation): 0.43

- Average buyback yield: 3.9%

- Buyback history: 8 years

- Debt-funded buybacks: No

- Acquisition spending: MXN 15B

- Cumulative net income, 10 years: MXN 9.3B

- ROIC, first three-year median: 19.0%

- ROIC, last three-year median: 13.1%

Chart: Earnings per share; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: MXN 1.19

- FY2017: MXN 1.30

- FY2018: MXN 1.14

- FY2019: MXN 1.10

- FY2020: MXN -8.76

- FY2021: MXN 1.00

- FY2022: MXN 2.03

- FY2023: MXN 3.66

- FY2024: MXN 0.95

- FY2025: MXN 2.78

### accounting: pass

- Sloan accruals: -16.5%

- Receivables to sales index (DSRI): 0.80×

- Restructuring years, last five: 0

- Earnings backed by cash: Yes

- Operating cash / earnings: 6.92×

- Accounting red flags: 0

- Goodwill and intangibles / equity: 2.93×

Chart: Sloan accruals; fiscal year observations.

- FY2016: -12.4%

- FY2017: -9.0%

- FY2018: -11.1%

- FY2019: -14.1%

- FY2020: -12.0%

- FY2021: -16.7%

- FY2022: -17.5%

- FY2023: -15.6%

- FY2024: -16.1%

- FY2025: -16.5%

## Holders

## Price story

Down 39% since Mar 2024 · sales +7.6%

Story as of 2026-10-16T10:00:11.560Z; price observation 2026-10-15.

Price needs cash profits to grow 8.3% a year for ten years

### Sales · FY2024–2025

sales +7.6%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: MXN 38B 

- FY2017: MXN 43B 

- FY2018: MXN 46B 

- FY2019: MXN 58B 

- FY2020: MXN 38B 

- FY2021: MXN 53B 

- FY2022: MXN 69B 

- FY2023: MXN 75B 

- FY2024: MXN 79B 

- FY2025: MXN 85B 

### Gross margin · FY2025

gross margin 65.7%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-16.

- FY2016: 65.6% 

- FY2017: 66.3% 

- FY2018: 66.1% 

- FY2019: 67.4% 

- FY2020: 62.1% 

- FY2021: 67.6% 

- FY2022: 66.1% 

- FY2023: 65.8% 

- FY2024: 65.9% 

- FY2025: 65.7% 

## Owner memo

Memo as of 2026-10-16T08:06:05.509Z.

### How it makes money

Operates in restaurants; annual sales are MXN 85.4 billion.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2025: revenue 85356430000; grossProfit 56079623000; margin = grossProfit / revenue.

### Why customers stay

Margins ranged from 65.7% to 65.9% during 2023–25; it earns 13.1% on its capital.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2023: grossProfit / revenue = 65.8%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2024: grossProfit / revenue = 65.9%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2025: grossProfit / revenue = 65.7%.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); 10-year return on capital observations [[2016,0.13567004682499795],[2017,0.22097739187185653],[2018,0.18977502093366821],[2019,0.08586653133650454],[2020,-0.02419382010975468],[2021,0.07249040815243404],[2022,0.10535325110464978],[2023,0.1567467829416975],[2024,0.1311566875317277],[2025,0.13047309596651083]]; median 0.13081489174911926. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity.

### Can it raise prices

Kept about a 66% gross margin through 2022 cost inflation.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); Gross margin observations: [[2021,0.6763494219097609],[2022,0.6612397077172952],[2023,0.658342247586635]]; range within 2 percentage points.

### Where the cash goes

Paid dividends in 5 of 9 years; bought back MXN 6.5 billion of shares.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2016: growth capex 0; upkeep 4599242000; owner earnings 1125230000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2018: growth capex 0; upkeep 4253226000; owner earnings 2752537000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2019: growth capex 0; upkeep 3087269000; owner earnings 1194458400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2021: growth capex 0; upkeep 2740920000; owner earnings 1519883200. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2022: growth capex 0; upkeep 3835579000; owner earnings 1089762400. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2023: growth capex 0; upkeep 4970990000; owner earnings 2263934000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2025: growth capex 0; upkeep 5499020000; owner earnings 3029238000. Growth capex / owner earnings = 0.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,689949000],[2017,567763000],[2018,654091000],[2019,0],[2020,0],[2021,0],[2022,0],[2024,978017000],[2025,429180000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); FY2025: cash repurchases 6525013000 MXN.

### Are managers owners

Insiders own 39.8% of the company.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16); ALSEA.MX SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 39.833 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-16.

### What the price says

The price assumes cash profits grow 8.3% yearly over ten years.

- Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-16T07:40:37.784Z); Ten-year compound average after fade. Initial solved rate 0.1057024699785859. Price 50.32; FX 1; discount 0.13252; same standard ten-year fade to terminal 0.03.  Closing-price date 2026-10-15.

## Monthly share-price history (MXN per share)

- 2016-10: MXN 70.54 per share

- 2016-11: MXN 60.40 per share

- 2016-12: MXN 59.33 per share

- 2017-01: MXN 60.29 per share

- 2017-02: MXN 56.65 per share

- 2017-03: MXN 62.39 per share

- 2017-04: MXN 66.89 per share

- 2017-05: MXN 67.17 per share

- 2017-06: MXN 68.69 per share

- 2017-07: MXN 69.30 per share

- 2017-08: MXN 65.46 per share

- 2017-09: MXN 66.97 per share

- 2017-10: MXN 58.12 per share

- 2017-11: MXN 61.59 per share

- 2017-12: MXN 64.37 per share

- 2018-01: MXN 60.88 per share

- 2018-02: MXN 64.26 per share

- 2018-03: MXN 63.53 per share

- 2018-04: MXN 69.56 per share

- 2018-05: MXN 65.41 per share

- 2018-06: MXN 68.40 per share

- 2018-07: MXN 64.29 per share

- 2018-08: MXN 68.06 per share

- 2018-09: MXN 63.67 per share

- 2018-10: MXN 51.94 per share

- 2018-11: MXN 51.01 per share

- 2018-12: MXN 51.15 per share

- 2019-01: MXN 52.92 per share

- 2019-02: MXN 48.81 per share

- 2019-03: MXN 40.67 per share

- 2019-04: MXN 42.38 per share

- 2019-05: MXN 38.29 per share

- 2019-06: MXN 37.78 per share

- 2019-07: MXN 39.07 per share

- 2019-08: MXN 42.74 per share

- 2019-09: MXN 45.88 per share

- 2019-10: MXN 51.32 per share

- 2019-11: MXN 52.98 per share

- 2019-12: MXN 49.83 per share

- 2020-01: MXN 45.76 per share

- 2020-02: MXN 39.92 per share

- 2020-03: MXN 15.18 per share

- 2020-04: MXN 19.87 per share

- 2020-05: MXN 18.75 per share

- 2020-06: MXN 22.61 per share

- 2020-07: MXN 21.66 per share

- 2020-08: MXN 22.63 per share

- 2020-09: MXN 21.08 per share

- 2020-10: MXN 18.25 per share

- 2020-11: MXN 27.75 per share

- 2020-12: MXN 25.89 per share

- 2021-01: MXN 23.11 per share

- 2021-02: MXN 25.44 per share

- 2021-03: MXN 30.28 per share

- 2021-04: MXN 32.95 per share

- 2021-05: MXN 33.41 per share

- 2021-06: MXN 35.47 per share

- 2021-07: MXN 40.37 per share

- 2021-08: MXN 39.26 per share

- 2021-09: MXN 41.61 per share

- 2021-10: MXN 43.22 per share

- 2021-11: MXN 36.69 per share

- 2021-12: MXN 37.95 per share

- 2022-01: MXN 42.31 per share

- 2022-02: MXN 44.36 per share

- 2022-03: MXN 49.86 per share

- 2022-04: MXN 44.73 per share

- 2022-05: MXN 42.15 per share

- 2022-06: MXN 38.08 per share

- 2022-07: MXN 39.66 per share

- 2022-08: MXN 36.56 per share

- 2022-09: MXN 36.29 per share

- 2022-10: MXN 37.99 per share

- 2022-11: MXN 38.47 per share

- 2022-12: MXN 36.86 per share

- 2023-01: MXN 44.87 per share

- 2023-02: MXN 40.44 per share

- 2023-03: MXN 43.16 per share

- 2023-04: MXN 48.18 per share

- 2023-05: MXN 51.31 per share

- 2023-06: MXN 55.51 per share

- 2023-07: MXN 58.11 per share

- 2023-08: MXN 60.06 per share

- 2023-09: MXN 63.41 per share

- 2023-10: MXN 59.74 per share

- 2023-11: MXN 60.66 per share

- 2023-12: MXN 64.16 per share

- 2024-01: MXN 67.26 per share

- 2024-02: MXN 65.32 per share

- 2024-03: MXN 81.98 per share

- 2024-04: MXN 71.76 per share

- 2024-05: MXN 67.52 per share

- 2024-06: MXN 63.60 per share

- 2024-07: MXN 56.25 per share

- 2024-08: MXN 53.91 per share

- 2024-09: MXN 54.14 per share

- 2024-10: MXN 48.38 per share

- 2024-11: MXN 45.06 per share

- 2024-12: MXN 43.49 per share

- 2025-01: MXN 44.15 per share

- 2025-02: MXN 44.81 per share

- 2025-03: MXN 43.52 per share

- 2025-04: MXN 44.36 per share

- 2025-05: MXN 48.40 per share

- 2025-06: MXN 50.98 per share

- 2025-07: MXN 56.54 per share

- 2025-08: MXN 53.68 per share

- 2025-09: MXN 60.87 per share

- 2025-10: MXN 51.31 per share

- 2025-11: MXN 50.17 per share

- 2025-12: MXN 53.87 per share

- 2026-01: MXN 53.37 per share

- 2026-02: MXN 60.75 per share

- 2026-03: MXN 57.85 per share

- 2026-04: MXN 51.42 per share

- 2026-05: MXN 53.07 per share

- 2026-06: MXN 45.80 per share

- 2026-07: MXN 42.12 per share

- 2026-08: MXN 41.63 per share

- 2026-09: MXN 45.50 per share

- 2026-10: MXN 49.58 per share

## Annual estimated value (MXN per share)

- FY2016: low MXN 12.77 per share, central MXN 13.76 per share, high MXN 14.96 per share

- FY2017: low MXN 10.15 per share, central MXN 11.02 per share, high MXN 12.08 per share

- FY2018: low MXN 11.39 per share, central MXN 12.34 per share, high MXN 13.49 per share

- FY2019: low MXN 14.45 per share, central MXN 15.64 per share, high MXN 17.08 per share

- FY2020: low MXN 25.42 per share, central MXN 26.99 per share, high MXN 28.91 per share

- FY2021: low MXN 17.24 per share, central MXN 18.20 per share, high MXN 19.37 per share

- FY2022: low MXN 18.28 per share, central MXN 19.52 per share, high MXN 21.03 per share

- FY2023: low MXN 20.93 per share, central MXN 22.33 per share, high MXN 24.02 per share

- FY2024: low MXN 18.25 per share, central MXN 19.39 per share, high MXN 20.78 per share

- FY2025: low MXN 28.79 per share, central MXN 31.02 per share, high MXN 33.72 per share

Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year

Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year

Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates

Prior published observations retained from 2026-10-15T06:46:23.073Z where newer inputs omit a numeric field or fiscal period.

## Sources

Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. Underlying data remains subject to its source licenses; public reading does not grant bulk redistribution rights.
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Alsea

ALSEA · MX

IPC

Not a wonderful business

1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.

Share price
MXN 50.32
Buy up to
MXN 31.22
Expected / yr
8.8% at today's price (13.3% at central value)

The business

How it makes money
Why customers stay
Can it raise prices
Where the cash goes
Are managers owners
What the price says

1. Is this a good business?

Evidence only; not required for Buy

Margins varied 53.9% around their average (limit 35%).

10y median
7.9%
Worst year
-3.9%
Latest · 2025
9.8%

Capital return excluding acquisitions: median 13.1% (minimum 15%), and the second-worst year 7.2% (minimum 10%).

10y median
13.1%
Worst year
-2.4%
Latest · 2025
13.0%

Each $1 of profit left $0.87 for owners over five years (minimum $0.80).

Five-year totals
0.87×
Annual median
0.76×
Latest · 2025
1.36×

Per-share value rose from 1.19 to 2.78, comparing three-year medians at each end (must rise and stay positive).

10y median
MXN 1.17
Worst year
MXN -8.76
Latest · 2025
MXN 2.78

Profits were backed by cash: accruals were -16.5% of assets (limit 10%).

10y median
-14.9%
Worst year
-9.0%
Latest · 2025
-16.5%

Profit record · pass 1 loss year in 10 (at most 2), mean operating margin 7.4%, three-year average owner earnings per share 1.99 MXN.

2. Is the price low enough?

Price & return math
Value rangeMXN 28.96 – MXN 33.97
Buy at or belowCentral value MXN 31.22
Discount to value1 − 50.32 / 31.22 = -61.2%
Return / yearAbout 8.8% a year at today's price (required return 13.3%)
Cash-flow inputsOwner cash MXN 3.07/share; 0.0% growth for 5 years, then fades to 3.0%; excess cash MXN 4.78/share today.
Required return13.3% / year, earned by construction at the central value
RevenueMXN 85B
85B020162025
FY2016 · Revenue: MXN 38B; FY2017 · Revenue: MXN 43B; FY2018 · Revenue: MXN 46B; FY2019 · Revenue: MXN 58B; FY2020 · Revenue: MXN 38B; FY2021 · Revenue: MXN 53B; FY2022 · Revenue: MXN 69B; FY2023 · Revenue: MXN 75B; FY2024 · Revenue: MXN 79B; FY2025 · Revenue: MXN 85B
Revenue
Owner earningsMXN 3.0B
3.0B-1.9B20162025
FY2016 · Owner earnings: MXN 1.1B; FY2017 · Owner earnings: MXN -60M; FY2018 · Owner earnings: MXN 2.8B; FY2019 · Owner earnings: MXN 1.2B; FY2020 · Owner earnings: MXN -1.9B; FY2021 · Owner earnings: MXN 1.5B; FY2022 · Owner earnings: MXN 1.1B; FY2023 · Owner earnings: MXN 2.3B; FY2024 · Owner earnings: MXN -474M; FY2025 · Owner earnings: MXN 3.0B
Owner earnings
Operating margin9.8%
10.6%-3.9%20162025
FY2016 · Operating margin: 7.4%; FY2017 · Operating margin: 7.3%; FY2018 · Operating margin: 7.0%; FY2019 · Operating margin: 8.0%; FY2020 · Operating margin: -3.9%; FY2021 · Operating margin: 7.7%; FY2022 · Operating margin: 9.3%; FY2023 · Operating margin: 10.6%; FY2024 · Operating margin: 10.4%; FY2025 · Operating margin: 9.8%
Operating margin
Net cash / debtMXN -28B
1.00-31B20162025
FY2016 · Net cash / debt: MXN -12B; FY2017 · Net cash / debt: MXN -6.5B; FY2018 · Net cash / debt: MXN -17B; FY2019 · Net cash / debt: MXN -15B; FY2020 · Net cash / debt: MXN -31B; FY2021 · Net cash / debt: MXN -26B; FY2022 · Net cash / debt: MXN -22B; FY2023 · Net cash / debt: MXN -20B; FY2024 · Net cash / debt: MXN -27B; FY2025 · Net cash / debt: MXN -28B
Net cash / debt
Diluted shares803M
839M020162025
FY2016 · Diluted shares: 834M; FY2017 · Diluted shares: 835M; FY2018 · Diluted shares: 836M; FY2019 · Diluted shares: 839M; FY2020 · Diluted shares: 369M; FY2021 · Diluted shares: 839M; FY2022 · Diluted shares: 839M; FY2023 · Diluted shares: 815M; FY2024 · Diluted shares: 809M; FY2025 · Diluted shares: 803M
Diluted shares
Prices 15 Oct 2026 · FY2025