The Boston Beer Company, Inc.

SAM Consumer Defensive Beverages Brewers

The Boston Beer Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.0 billion, down 2.38% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−3.24%
EPS
−0.94%
Free cash flow
−23.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

223.53 4.79 −2.10%
Market cap
$2.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−38.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
6.08
Beneish M
−3.02
Dividend safety
n/a

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM) Free cash flow margin

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The Boston Beer Company, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.70%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.40% (fiscal 2021) to 11.9% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is in line with the Beverages Brewers industry median of 9.70% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.0% 2.39
FY2024 8.58% (1.52)
FY2023 10.1% 4.77
FY2022 5.33% 9.73
FY2021 −4.40% (10.96)
FY2020 6.56% (0.25)
FY2019 6.81% (4.03)
FY2018 10.8% (1.10)
FY2017 11.9% 0.01
FY2016 11.9% 2.10

Against its own ten years

Low −4.40% High 11.9%
Ten-year median 9.83%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ABEV Ambev S.A. compare 22.6%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc compare 20.3%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company compare 10.8%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. 9.70%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. compare 4.55%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV compare 0.00%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. compare 0.00%
Beverages Brewers industry median 9.70%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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