Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) Announces 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 return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 3.82%. Boston Beer updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.000-10.500 EPS.

Boston Beer Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of SAM stock traded up $0.25 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $234.08. 325,728 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 195,612. The firm has a market cap of $2.69 billion, a PE ratio of 34.42, a PEG ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.06. Boston Beer has a 1 year low of $222.27 and a 1 year high of $371.65. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $262.53 and a 200 day moving average of $281.32.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on SAM. StockNews.com lowered shares of Boston Beer from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Boston Beer from $315.00 to $290.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Piper Sandler downgraded Boston Beer from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $370.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Citigroup dropped their price objective on 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, Needham & Company LLC assumed coverage on shares of Boston Beer in a report on Friday, December 6th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus 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.