Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 7.800-9.800 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 9.160. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on SAM. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Boston Beer from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, June 27th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Boston Beer from $270.00 to $245.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $230.00 price target on shares of Boston Beer and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Boston Beer in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Boston Beer from $230.00 to $246.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $250.65.

Boston Beer Price Performance

Shares of NYSE SAM opened at $232.13 on Friday. Boston Beer has a 1 year low of $185.34 and a 1 year high of $329.55. The stock has a market cap of $2.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $220.41 and a 200 day moving average of $220.73.

Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The company reported $4.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.78 by $0.47. Boston Beer had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 12.30%. The company had revenue of $537.49 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $542.97 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.86 EPS. Boston Beer’s revenue was down 11.2% on a year-over-year basis. Boston Beer has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.800-9.800 EPS. Research analysts expect that Boston Beer will post 9.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Boston Beer news, VP Annette N. Fritsch sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.24, for a total transaction of $131,544.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 9,715 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,129,916.60. This trade represents a 5.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 26.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Boston Beer

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its stake in shares of Boston Beer by 278.0% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 112,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,467,000 after acquiring an additional 82,742 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP grew its stake in shares of Boston Beer by 266.7% in the second quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 77,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,757,000 after acquiring an additional 56,248 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Boston Beer by 347.3% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 51,292 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,787,000 after acquiring an additional 39,826 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Boston Beer by 144.7% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 53,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,231,000 after acquiring an additional 31,710 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP grew its stake in shares of Boston Beer by 1,000.3% in the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 32,811 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,261,000 after acquiring an additional 29,829 shares during the period. 81.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Boston Beer

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.