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Boston Beer (SAM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$225.02 -1.01 (-0.45%)
Closing price 02/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$225.00 -0.03 (-0.01%)
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About Boston Beer Stock (NYSE:SAM)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$222.27
$225.86
50-Day Range
$225.02
$315.50
52-Week Range
$222.27
$371.65
Volume
198,355 shs
Average Volume
171,210 shs
Market Capitalization
$2.58 billion
P/E Ratio
33.09
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$302.90
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

The Boston Beer Company, Inc produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. The company's flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It offers various beers, hard ciders, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, and Coney Island brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network wholesaler in the United States, as well as wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its products in Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and Central and South America. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Beer Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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75th Percentile Overall Score

SAM MarketRank™: 

Boston Beer scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 56th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Boston Beer has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Boston Beer has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Boston Beer's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Boston Beer are expected to grow by 23.90% in the coming year, from $9.29 to $11.51 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Boston Beer is 33.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.25.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Boston Beer is 33.09, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 12.95.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Boston Beer has a PEG Ratio of 1.23. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Boston Beer has a P/B Ratio of 2.53. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Boston Beer's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    7.03% of the float of Boston Beer has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Boston Beer has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Boston Beer has recently increased by 18.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Boston Beer does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Boston Beer does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    7.03% of the float of Boston Beer has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Boston Beer has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.5.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Boston Beer has recently increased by 18.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Boston Beer has a news sentiment score of 0.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Boston Beer this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    7 people have searched for SAM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 3 people have added Boston Beer to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Boston Beer insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $38,316.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    23.30% of the stock of Boston Beer is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    81.13% of the stock of Boston Beer is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Boston Beer's insider trading history.
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SAM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Boston Beer's stock was trading at $299.98 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SAM shares have decreased by 25.0% and is now trading at $225.0240.
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The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE:SAM) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $4.99 by $0.60. The business's quarterly revenue was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Boston Beer subsidiaries include Dogfish Head Brewery, American Craft Brewery LLC, American Fermentation Company LLC, Angry Orchard Cider Company LLC, A&S Brewing Collaborative LLC, Boston Beer Corporation, Boston Beer Corporation Canada Inc., and others.

Boston Beer's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.40%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (6.13%), FMR LLC (3.91%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (3.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Samuel A Calagione III, David A Burwick, Carolyn L O'boyle, John C Geist, David L Grinnell and Annette N Fritsch.
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Shares of SAM stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Boston Beer investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), NVIDIA (NVDA), Salesforce (CRM), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Waste Connections (WCN) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
7/25/2024
Today
2/21/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/23/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Malt beverages
Sub-Industry
Brewers
CUSIP
10055710
Employees
2,793
Year Founded
1984

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$302.90
High Stock Price Target
$389.00
Low Stock Price Target
$250.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+34.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.00
Research Coverage
11 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$76.25 million
Pretax Margin
5.66%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.01 billion
Cash Flow
$15.78 per share
Book Value
$89.07 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
8,809,000
Market Cap
$2.58 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.06

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This page (NYSE:SAM) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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