The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM)Consumer Defensive | Beverages - Brewers | Boston, United States | NYSE
178.14 USD
+0.91
(0.513%)
⇧
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 178.14 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m. EDT
The Boston Beer Company presents a complex picture where a fortress balance sheet masks deteriorating operational performance. While the company holds significant cash reserves and trades at a discount to sales, it is currently contracting with negative revenue and earnings growth alongside negative return on equity. The long-term rating reflects this stagnation, as the business lacks the sustained growth required for a premium buy, despite the attractive valuation. Short-term momentum remains weak as the stock lags behind key moving averages, though a modest statistical forecast suggests a potential rebound. Options activity indicates speculators are hedging downside risk while maintaining some upside exposure, highlighting the uncertainty surrounding the stock's immediate path. The dividend signal is notably absent from the available data, further limiting income appeal. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.042623 |
| AutoTheta | 0.044969 |
| AutoETS | 0.045021 |
| MSTL | 0.046446 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 60% |
| H-stat | 1.56 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.149 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.05 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 4.415 |
| Revenue per Share | 182.489 |
| Market Cap | 1,855,050,496 |
| Forward P/E | 17.61 |
| Beta | 0.82 |
| Profit Margins | -3.64% |
| Website | https://www.bostonbeer.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for volatility with significant out-of-the-money put interest at lower strikes (155-160) alongside call interest at 185. Deep OTM put walls suggest downside hedging, while call walls indicate asymmetric upside bets.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.20330948 |
| Address1 | One Design Center Place |
| Address2 | Suite 850 |
| All Time High | 1,349.98 |
| All Time Low | 6.5 |
| Ask | 180.0 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 181,390 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 245,100 |
| Average Volume | 245,100 |
| Average Volume10Days | 181,390 |
| Beta | 0.819 |
| Bid | 156.56 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 70.883 |
| City | Boston |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 178.14 |
| Current Ratio | 1.045 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 178.8 |
| Day Low | 173.95 |
| Debt To Equity | 4.415 |
| Display Name | Boston Beer |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,792,699,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,792,699,200 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.09 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.147 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,792,699,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,792,699,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,792,699,200 |
| Ebitda | 197,424,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.10253 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.911 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.811 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,561,772,288 |
| Eps Current Year | 8.91892 |
| Eps Forward | 10.11604 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -6.67 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 175.1526 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.9873962 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.017055962 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -20.330948 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 264.46 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -86.31999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.32640094 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 158.68 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 19.460007 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.1226368 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 158.68 - 264.46 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 816,964,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 6,778,951 |
| Forward Eps | 10.11604 |
| Forward P E | 17.609657 |
| Free Cashflow | 372,617,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 2,736 |
| Fullday Change | 2.1399994 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.2222283 |
| Fullday Price | 178.14 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.48879 |
| Gross Profits | 941,129,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.09335 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.0948501 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 10,413,442 |
| Industry | Beverages - Brewers |
| Industry Disp | Beverages - Brewers |
| Industry Key | beverages-brewers |
| Ir Website | http://www.bostonbeer.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=69432&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,766,793,600 |
| Long Business Summary | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. Its flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The company offers various beers, hard ciders, spirits based ready to drink beverages, distilled spirits, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, and Sun Cruiser brand names. It 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 traditional and e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its products in Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,855,050,496 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_339946 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,518,400 |
| Net Income To Common | -70,419,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,329,600 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,725,811,986 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 12 |
| Open | 177.74 |
| Operating Cashflow | 259,314,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.09327 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.77 |
| Phone | 617 368 5000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 178.14 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,008,605 |
| Previous Close | 177.23 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.97327 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.5131555 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.96343935 |
| Profit Margins | -0.03639 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.751 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.910004 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.513459 |
| Regular Market Day High | 178.8 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 173.95 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 173.95 - 178.8 |
| Regular Market Open | 177.74 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 177.23 |
| Regular Market Price | 178.14 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 154,395 |
| Return On Assets | 0.05429 |
| Return On Equity | -0.08614001 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.033 |
| Revenue Per Share | 182.489 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.1570785 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 8,345,442 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.15439999 |
| Shares Short | 1,589,429 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,422,860 |
| Short Name | Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.24530001 |
| Short Ratio | 6.01 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | SAM |
| Target High Price | 295.0 |
| Target Low Price | 153.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 196.75 |
| Target Median Price | 190.0 |
| Total Cash | 265,548,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 26.342 |
| Total Debt | 31,550,000 |
| Total Revenue | 1,925,446,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -6.67 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.7747 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 199.71574 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -21.575745 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.108032264 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 154,395 |
| Website | https://www.bostonbeer.com |
| Zip | 2,210 |