The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM)

The Boston Beer Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Boston Beer Company stock have an average target of 287.5, with a low estimate of 230 and a high estimate of 349. The average target predicts an increase of 17.41% from the current stock price of 244.86.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$230	$287.5	$283	$349
Change	-6.07%	+17.41%	+15.58%	+42.53%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Boston Beer Company stock from 9 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	2	2
Buy	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hold	7	8	8	8	7	7
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	0
Total	10	11	10	10	10	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Gerald Pascarelli Needham	Needham	Hold Reiterates n/a	Hold	Reiterates	n/a	n/a	Apr 25, 2025
Nik Modi RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $279	Hold	Reiterates	$279	+13.94%	Apr 22, 2025
Sean King UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $265 → $279	Hold	Maintains	$265 → $279	+13.94%	Apr 17, 2025
Michael Lavery Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Hold Maintains $240 → $230	Hold	Maintains	$240 → $230	-6.07%	Apr 17, 2025
Filippo Falorni Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $280 → $285	Strong Buy	Maintains	$280 → $285	+16.39%	Apr 14, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.07B

Increased by 2.93%

from 2.01B

Revenue Next Year

2.13B

Increased by 2.80%

from 2.07B

EPS This Year

9.93

Increased by 96.26%

from 5.06

EPS Next Year

11.61

Increased by 16.87%

from 9.93

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%	2.93%	2.80%	3.00%
EPS	15.53	1.17	5.44	6.21	5.06	9.93	11.61	13.59
EPS Growth	69.58%	-92.47%	364.51%	14.20%	-18.46%	96.26%	16.87%	17.07%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	24.65	21.09	18.02
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	2.0B	2.0B	2.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.0%	9.7%	13.2%
Avg	2.9%	2.8%	3.0%
Low	-1.1%	-2.2%	-3.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	10.95	13.18	15.23
Avg	9.93	11.61	13.59
Low	8.77	10.50	11.35

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	116.4%	32.7%	31.1%
Avg	96.3%	16.9%	17.1%
Low	73.3%	5.7%	-2.3%

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.