Boston Beer (SAM) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) is anticipated to announce its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, July 24th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $4.40 per share and revenue of $599.18 million for the quarter. Boston Beer has set its FY 2025 guidance at 8.000-10.500 EPS.

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The company reported $2.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $1.38. The company had revenue of $481.36 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $436.27 million. Boston Beer had a return on equity of 13.81% and a net margin of 3.30%. Boston Beer’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.04 EPS. On average, analysts expect Boston Beer to post $9 EPS for the current fiscal year and $12 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Boston Beer Price Performance

SAM stock opened at $192.02 on Thursday. Boston Beer has a 1 year low of $185.34 and a 1 year high of $329.55. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84, a P/E/G ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 0.99. The business’s 50-day moving average is $215.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $234.80.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on SAM. UBS Group increased their price objective on Boston Beer from $265.00 to $279.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $279.00 price target on shares of Boston Beer in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Citigroup dropped their price target on Boston Beer from $285.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Boston Beer from $219.00 to $187.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price target on Boston Beer from $270.00 to $230.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $267.01.

Institutional Trading of Boston Beer

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Boston Beer by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 1,207 shares of the company’s stock valued at $288,000 after buying an additional 98 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Boston Beer by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 21,902 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,231,000 after buying an additional 1,067 shares during the period. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Boston Beer by 55.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 62,051 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,820,000 after buying an additional 22,129 shares during the period. 81.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.