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) Return on assets

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The Boston Beer Company, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −5.88%, down 14.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.88%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.05% (fiscal 2021) to 16.7% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Beverages Brewers industry median of 3.93% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 8.88% 4.43
FY2024 4.45% (0.90)
FY2023 5.35% 0.56
FY2022 4.79% 3.74
FY2021 1.05% (14.73)
FY2020 15.8% 2.79
FY2019 13.0% (2.33)
FY2018 15.3% (1.39)
FY2017 16.7% 2.86
FY2016 13.9% (1.89)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.05% High 16.7%
Ten-year median 13.0%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
ABEV Ambev S.A. compare 11.7%
STZ Constellation Brands Inc compare 8.85%
FMX Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. compare 4.61%
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company compare 3.93%
CCU Compania Cervecerias Unidas, S.A. compare 3.12%
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV compare 0.00%
SAM The Boston Beer Company, Inc. −5.88%
Beverages Brewers industry median 3.93%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.45%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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