MEXICO CITY, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Mexican bottler Arca

Continental on Thursday posted ​a 4.5% fall in ‌its core

earnings for the last quarter of 2025, after ⁠revenues were

dragged by a foreign exchange ⁠effect and exposure to the ‌U.S.

dollar.

Earnings before ‌interest, taxes, depreciation, and

amortization (EBITDA) for September to December landed ​at 13.55

billion pesos ($752.3 million), ‌still slightly above analysts'

forecasts of 13.06 billion pesos.

This brought net profit ​down 11.5% to ​4.66 ‌billion pesos,

from revenues down 0.6% at 64.54 billion pesos compared to the

same period ⁠in 2024.

Revenues were above the 63.25 ⁠billion pesos expected by

analysts polled by LSEG, while net profit missed forecasts of

5.46 billion pesos.

"For the full year, we ⁠anticipate ‌consolidated revenue

growth in the mid single-digits ‌year over year," company CEO

Arturo Gutierrez ⁠added, noting the company planned to invest

some 7% of its total sales.

For Mexico, Arca said it expected volumes to decline due

to the impact of a health tax targeting sugary ​drinks that came

into effect at the start of this year.

($1 = 18.0080 Mexican pesos at ​end-December)

(Reporting by Aida ‌Pelaez-Fernandez; Editing by Louise Heavens

and ​Sarah Morland)