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Mephisto Cia. Ltda.

RUC 0991394036001 · Guayas

This company is no longer in the current registry of the Superintendencia de Compañías. Its file is kept here as historical record, with the financial statements it filed through 2016.

Registry data

RUC
0991394036001
Legal name
MEPHISTO CIA. LTDA.
Trade name
MEPHISTO CIA. LTDA.
Size segment (SCVS)
Small · 2011
Start of activities (SRI)
May 28, 1997
Economic activity
Manufacture of other machinery and equipment for processing various foods: machinery for making cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery; for sugar manufacture; for breweries; for processing beef and poultry meat; for preparing fruit, nuts and vegetables and legumes; for preparing fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other edible seafood; machinery for filtering and purifying; other machinery for the industrial preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; machinery for preparing food in hotels and restaurants, etc.
ISIC code
C2825.09
Last year with filed statements
2016
Location
Guayas

Financial statements

Current ratio
1.06
Debt ratio
70.5%
Net margin
3.3%
Return on equity (ROE)
15.0%
Revenue vs 2015
+5.3%
Revenue by year 2000 → 2016 · ×5.6
$114 k
$779 k
$636 k
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2016
Net result by year 2000 → 2016 · ×5.0
$4.3 k
−$30.7 k
$21.2 k
2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2016
Employees by year
17
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

The income statement · 2016

  • Revenue $635,649
  • Cost of sales $457,367
  • Expenses $142,397
  • Net result $21,237

Balance sheet structure · 2016

What it owns

  • Current assets $319,814 66%
  • Non-current assets $161,276 34%

How it is financed

  • Current liabilities $303,095 63%
  • Non-current liabilities $36,065 7%
  • Equity $141,930 30%

“Current” means within one year: what can be turned into cash, or what has to be paid, in that span.

Financial statements filed with the Superintendencia de Compañías, year by year
Year Revenue Net result Assets Equity Employees
2016 $635,649 $21,237 $481,090 $141,930
2015 $603,767 $14,490 $483,636 $107,262
2014 $672,258 $18,771 $440,816 $92,772
2013 $778,578 $21,969 $426,685 $74,001
2012 $522,041 $20,867 $386,264 $58,891
2011 $489,041 $15,273 $201,657 $50,047 17
2010 $282,561 $12,697 $156,427 $41,639 14
2009 $172,995 $9,444 $136,419 $33,545 14
2008 $305,108 $6,315 $125,740 $24,101 17
2007 $224,103 $5,111 $110,141 $17,786
2006 $168,761 $6,970 $102,033 $12,130
2005 $196,897 $4,093 $93,541 $4,887
2004 $195,697 $6,903 $81,446 −$146
2003 $165,995 $8,502 $71,056 −$7,048
2002 $174,003 −$30,679 $85,026 −$15,555
2001 $172,947 $2,146 $109,312 $18,491
2000 $114,399 $4,275 $57,765 $21,335

In 2016 it recorded revenue of $635,649 and a net result of $21,237, a margin of 3.3%.

Its 2016 revenue exceeds that of 75.9% of the 53,221 companies in the country that recorded sales that year. In Guayas, it exceeds 76.8% of the 21,292 on record.

Within its activity (ISIC code C282, 63 companies with sales), its revenue exceeds that of 69.8%; the trade’s typical margin was 1.9%.

Values in US dollars, as filed with the Superintendencia de Compañías, Ecuador’s corporate regulator.

Tax status (SRI)

updated September 5, 2026
RUC status: Deregistered · Extincion
  • Phantom taxpayer: No
  • Nonexistent transactions: No
Tax regime
General regime The set of rules under which it files its taxes
Required to keep accounting books
Yes
Withholding agent
No When paying third parties, it withholds taxes and remits them to the SRI
Special taxpayer
No Designated by the SRI for its size, with additional filing obligations
Start of activities
May 28, 1997
Cessation of activities
November 23, 2017

Establishments · 1 registered, 0 open

  • HEAD OFFICE Los Rios / Quevedo / San Cristobal / Principal S/N Closed

Tax status according to the public records of the SRI (Servicio de Rentas Internas, the national tax authority). The risk designations are the SRI’s, not a rating by this site: phantom taxpayer means the SRI considers the company to have no real activity at its declared address, and nonexistent transactions means it invoiced operations the SRI determined never took place.

Activity classification (ISIC)

  1. Manufacturing
  2. Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
  3. Manufacture of special-purpose machinery
  4. Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing
  5. Manufacture of other machinery and equipment for processing various foods: machinery for making cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery; for sugar manufacture; for breweries; for processing beef and poultry meat; for preparing fruit, nuts and vegetables and legumes; for preparing fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other edible seafood; machinery for filtering and purifying; other machinery for the industrial preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; machinery for preparing food in hotels and restaurants, etc.

Frequently asked questions

What is the RUC of Mephisto Cia. Ltda.?

The RUC (taxpayer registration number) of MEPHISTO CIA. LTDA. is 0991394036001, according to Ecuador’s public corporate registry.

Is Mephisto Cia. Ltda. active?

No. Its legal status in the registry is Fuera del Registro Vigente.

What trade name does Mephisto Cia. Ltda. use?

It operates under the trade name MEPHISTO CIA. LTDA., according to the SRI’s RUC registry.

What does Mephisto Cia. Ltda. do?

Its registered economic activity (ISIC C2825.09) is: Manufacture of other machinery and equipment for processing various foods: machinery for making cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery; for sugar manufacture; for breweries; for processing beef and poultry meat; for preparing fruit, nuts and vegetables and legumes; for preparing fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other edible seafood; machinery for filtering and purifying; other machinery for the industrial preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; machinery for preparing food in hotels and restaurants, etc.

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