The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is a leading producer and marketer of alcoholic beverages, primarily focused on the United States market. Its most recognized offering is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The company's diverse product portfolio features a range of beers, hard ciders, and hard seltzers, sold under popular brands like Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, Coney Island, and Concrete Beach. Domestically, Boston Beer distributes its products to approximately 400 wholesalers, while internationally, it leverages a network of wholesalers, importers, and agencies. These partners subsequently supply a wide variety of retail establishments, including grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor outlets, bars, restaurants, and stadiums. The company's global footprint also extends to Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and both Central and South America. Founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1984, the company maintains its headquarters there.
CEO: C. James Koch. Company website
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM) trades at $171.57, down 0.25% on the day, as of Sep 20, 2026 14:24 UTC.
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. has a market capitalisation of $1.79B, calculated from the live SAM share price and shares outstanding.
SAM has no meaningful price-to-earnings ratio: The Boston Beer Company, Inc. lost $6.79 per share over the last twelve months, and a P/E is only defined on positive earnings.
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. generated revenue of $2.09B over the trailing twelve months, which puts the stock at 0.86 times sales.
SAM has traded between $158.68 and $264.05 over the past 52 weeks, and the last price is 35.0% below that high.
No. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is loss-making, with a net margin of -3.36% over the trailing twelve months.
Wall Street analysts rate SAM Hold, with an average price target of $206.67, 20.5% above the current price.
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is classified under the Consumer Defensive sector and the Beverages - Alcoholic industry, and is domiciled in US.
C. James Koch is the chief executive of The Boston Beer Company, Inc., which employs 2,736 people.
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