The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM)

The Boston Beer Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Boston Beer Company stock have an average target of 289.44, with a low estimate of 240 and a high estimate of 349. The average target predicts an increase of 20.92% from the current stock price of 239.37.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$240	$289.44	$283	$349
Change	+0.26%	+20.92%	+18.23%	+45.80%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Boston Beer Company stock from 10 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	2
Buy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hold	7	7	8	8	8	7
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	10	10	11	10	10	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Filippo Falorni Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $265 → $280	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$265 → $280	+16.97%	Mar 20, 2025
Michael Lavery Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $275 → $240	Hold	Maintains	$275 → $240	+0.26%	Feb 26, 2025
Bill Kirk Roth MKM	Roth MKM	Strong Buy Reiterates $389 → $349	Strong Buy	Reiterates	$389 → $349	+45.80%	Feb 26, 2025
Eric Serotta Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $290 → $270	Hold	Maintains	$290 → $270	+12.80%	Feb 26, 2025
Michael Lavery Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy → Hold Downgrades $370 → $275	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$370 → $275	+14.88%	Jan 23, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.07B

Increased by 2.79%

from 2.01B

Revenue Next Year

2.13B

Increased by 2.95%

from 2.07B

EPS This Year

9.97

Increased by 97.03%

from 5.06

EPS Next Year

11.66

Increased by 16.91%

from 9.97

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 26, 2020	Dec 25, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.74B	2.06B	2.09B	2.01B	2.01B	2.07B	2.13B	2.19B
Revenue Growth	38.93%	18.50%	1.59%	-3.91%	0.21%	2.79%	2.95%	2.82%
EPS	15.53	1.17	5.44	6.21	5.06	9.97	11.66	13.55
EPS Growth	69.58%	-92.47%	364.51%	14.20%	-18.46%	97.03%	16.91%	16.25%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	24.00	20.53	17.66
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.2B	2.3B	2.4B
Avg	2.1B	2.1B	2.2B
Low	1.9B	2.0B	2.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.1%	10.6%	13.9%
Avg	2.8%	2.9%	2.8%
Low	-3.3%	-3.3%	-3.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	10.95	13.18	15.23
Avg	9.97	11.66	13.55
Low	9.31	10.50	11.35

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	116.4%	32.1%	30.6%
Avg	97.0%	16.9%	16.3%
Low	83.9%	5.2%	-2.7%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.