Investing in Chile ADRs / Chile Stocks List

American investors have several NYSE listed Chile ADRs and Chile stocks to choose from as the country has a fairly open and liberalized economy and relatively deep capital markets for a Latin American emerging market. However, much of Chile’s export orientated economy is indirectly tied to or impacted by copper and commodity prices along with what is going on in the global economy. After copper, Chile’s largest exports are oil, natural gas, chemicals, lithium, wood pulp and food while the country’s top trading partners would include China, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea and the United States.

In 1994, winery Vina Concha y Toro SA (NYSE: VCO) had listed its ADRs on the NYSE in order to facilitate investment by overseas investors to diversify its shareholders base and to increase the Company’s capital raising options. However and in 2018, the Company filed with the SEC its intention to delist its ADRs and noted the following issues concerning US traded ADRs:

Today, the Chilean capital markets, have achieved a higher level of sophistication and global integration, attracting international investors. ADRs currently comprise approximately 3% of the total shares of common stock of the Company. In addition, given the increased administrative costs that it implies for the Company to remain a NYSE-listed company, Viña Concha y Toro has decided to file an application for voluntary delisting from the NYSE as part of its effort to reduce operational expenses.

Viña Concha y Toro will maintain its listings on the Santiago Stock Exchange, the Chile Electronic Stock Exchange and the Valparaíso Stock Exchange.

In 2017, Cencosud SA (NYSE: CNCO), the largest retail company in Chile and the third largest listed retail company in Latin America, was also delisted from the NYSE. They cited the following reasons:

In June 2012, Cencosud listed its ADRs on the NYSE in order to improve convenience for overseas investors and increase its capital raising options. Since then, Cencosud has been focused on proactive information disclosure by meeting its reporting obligations under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and establishing internal controls in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Recently, the Company has been undertaking various initiatives to reduce its operational expenses. As the ADRs currently comprise less than 1% of the total shares of common stock of the Company, and given the increased costs of being a NYSE-listed company, Cencosud has decided to file an application for voluntary delisting from the NYSE as part of its efforts to reduce operational expenses.

Investors should also note that on May 26, 2020, LATAM Airlines Group SA (NYSE: LFL) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States. The company’s stock ticker was delisted from the NYSE, and was later moved to the non-regulated OTC markets as LTMAQ on June 12, 2020.

In addition, the Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc. (NYSE: CH) was a long standing Chile closed-end fund that invested in Chilean equity and debt securities. However and in April 2018, the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AEF) completed the reorganizations of several emerging market closed-end funds into the Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc and the consolidated fund was renamed the Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc trading on the NYSE American Exchange under the ticker symbol “AEF.”

Foreign investors interested in investing in Chile ADRs may also want to check out our Chile ETF list, Latin America ETF list (region wide), South America ETF list and Latin America closed-end fund list (region wide) as some region wide ETFs and closed-end funds may have exposure to Chile stocks.

Note: Stocks delisted from the OTC (whether due to mergers, acquisitions or for other reasons) have been left in the table (as their websites still provide a good feel for the company and the local market) and may still trade on local, regional or European (e.g. London) stock exchanges. They may also be holdings of country or region specific ETFs, closed-end funds or Indices. 

List of Chile ADRs Trading on Major US Stock Exchanges & the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Exchange

CompanyTickerExchangeIndustry
1Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc (reorg. Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc)CHNYSE (Reorganized)Closed-End Fund
2Banco de Chile BCHNYSEFinancial Services
3Banco Santander-Chile SA BSACNYSEFinancial Services
4Cencosud SACNCODelistedRetail
5Cencosud SACNCO.TDelistedRetail
6Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA CCUNYSEFood & Beverage
7CorpBanca BCADelistedFinancial Services
8Embotelladora Andina SA AKO-ANYSEFood & Beverage
9Embotelladora Andina SA AKO-BNYSEFood & Beverage
10Enel Americas S.A.ENIANYSEUtilities
11Enel Chile S.A.ENICNYSEUtilities
12Enel Generacion Chile SA (Empresa Nacional de Electricidad SA)EOCDelistedUtilities
13Enersis SA (now Enel Americas S.A.) ENIDelistedUtilities
14Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas SA IAMTYDelistedUtilities
15Itau CorpbancaITCBNYSEFinancial Services
16LATAM Airlines Group SA LFLDelistedAirlines
17LATAM Airlines Group SA LTMAQOTCPinkAirlines
18Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SASQMNYSEChemicals
19Vina Concha y Toro SA VCODelistedFood & Beverage

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The Chile Stock Exchange / Chile Stock Market

The Bolsa de Santiago was founded in 1893 and is the third largest stock market in Latin America thanks to Chile’s free market policies that were implemented beginning in the 1970s.

In 2009, the Latin American Integrated Market or Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA) was formed between the Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, the Bolsa de Valores de Lima and the Bolsa de Santiago. MILA became operational in 2011 and allows investors (through registered brokers) to have access to a common trading platform for buying and selling stocks in any of the three countries. With the integration of the Mexican Stock Exchange, MILA has become Latin America’s largest stock exchange.

In addition, the Bolsa de Valparaiso (BOVALPO) was formed in 1898 and the Bolsa Electrónica de Chile (BEC) was created in 1989 as the first Latin American stock exchange to use fully electronic systems to execute its trades.

Chile Stocks and Investing ResourcesChile ADRs

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2 thoughts on “Investing in Chile ADRs / Chile Stocks List”

  1. The NYSE ADR symbol for LATAM AIR is LTM, not LFL. With the coronavirus painc, it is on sale at less than half it’s 2019 high

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