Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.47 EPS

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) posted its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported ($1.68) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.21) by ($0.47), Zacks reports. Boston Beer had a net margin of 3.82% and a return on equity of 11.76%. Boston Beer updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.000-10.500 EPS.

Boston Beer Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of SAM traded up $0.25 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $234.08. The company had a trading volume of 325,728 shares, compared to its average volume of 195,612. The company has a market capitalization of $2.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.42, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.06. Boston Beer has a 12-month low of $222.27 and a 12-month high of $371.65. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $262.53 and a 200-day simple moving average of $281.32.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler downgraded Boston Beer from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $370.00 to $275.00 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Boston Beer from $315.00 to $290.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Needham & Company LLC began coverage on shares of Boston Beer in a research report on Friday, December 6th. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of Boston Beer from $335.00 to $290.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Boston Beer from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Boston Beer currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $302.90.

Boston Beer Company Profile

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.