The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
Rank #23Capital ReturnSAM · NYSE · Consumer Defensive
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM) — Rank #23 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.76) · ROE 15.2% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000949870 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States.
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Its flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The company offers various beers, hard ciders, spirits based ready to drink beverages, distilled spirits, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, and Sun Cruiser brand names. It markets and sells its products to a network wholesaler in the United States, as well as wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other traditional and e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its products in Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Industry
- Beverages - Brewers
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- State
- MA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 27
- Website
- bostonbeer.com
Financials
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| Fiscal year end | 2025-12-27filed 2026-02-24 | 2024-12-28filed 2025-02-25 | 2023-12-30filed 2024-02-27 | 2022-12-31filed 2023-02-22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||
| Cash & equivalents | 223.4 | 211.8 | 298.5 | 180.6 |
| Accounts receivable | 57.1 | 61.4 | 67.0 | 56.7 |
| Inventory | 92.5 | 117.2 | 115.8 | 148.5 |
| Total current assets | 417.6 | 417.3 | 503.5 | 423.3 |
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 578.1 | 616.2 | 642.5 | 667.9 |
| Goodwill | 112.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 |
| Intangible assets (excl. goodwill) | 14.8 | 16.4 | 59.6 | 76.3 |
| Total assets | 1,193.6 | 1,250.0 | 1,430.0 | 1,420.8 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable | 95.0 | 87.3 | 87.2 | 84.2 |
| Deferred revenue | 13.5 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 13.0 |
| Total current liabilities | 252.5 | 231.6 | 223.3 | 204.3 |
| Total liabilities | 347.3 | 333.8 | 352.1 | 352.2 |
| Equity | ||||
| Retained earnings | 147.7 | 240.3 | 421.6 | 439.1 |
| Total shareholders' equity | 846.3 | 916.2 | 1,077.9 | 1,068.5 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?