The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (SAM)

The Boston Beer Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts that cover The Boston Beer Company stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $224, which forecasts a 27.49% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $187 and the highest is $250.

Price Target: $224 (+27.49%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$187	$224	$225	$250
Change	+6.43%	+27.49%	+28.06%	+42.29%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	8	8	8	9	10	9
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	10	10	10	10	11	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Eric Serotta Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $235 → $220	Hold	Maintains	$235 → $220	+25.21%	May 6, 2026
Nadine Sarwat Bernstein	Bernstein	Hold Maintains $218 → $210	Hold	Maintains	$218 → $210	+19.52%	May 5, 2026
Filippo Falorni Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $270 → $250	Hold	Maintains	$270 → $250	+42.29%	May 4, 2026
Peter Grom UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $250 → $245	Hold	Maintains	$250 → $245	+39.44%	May 1, 2026
Nik Modi RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $245 → $242	Hold	Maintains	$245 → $242	+37.73%	May 1, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.98B

Increased by 0.71%

from 1.96B

Revenue Next Year

2.01B

Increased by 1.41%

from 1.98B

EPS This Year

10.07

Increased by 1.81%

from 9.89

EPS Next Year

11.39

Increased by 13.11%

from 10.07

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 25, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 30, 2023	Dec 28, 2024	Dec 27, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.06B	2.09B	2.01B	2.01B	1.96B	1.98B	2.01B
Revenue Growth	18.50%	1.59%	-3.91%	0.21%	-2.38%	0.71%	1.41%
EPS	1.17	5.44	6.21	5.06	9.89	10.07	11.39
EPS Growth	-92.47%	364.51%	14.20%	-18.46%	95.40%	1.81%	13.11%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	17.45	15.43
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	16

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	2.1B	2.1B
Avg	2.0B	2.0B
Low	1.9B	1.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	6.3%	8.3%
Avg	0.7%	1.4%
Low	-4.1%	-5.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	11.90	13.73
Avg	10.07	11.39
Low	8.78	9.02

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	20.3%	36.3%
Avg	1.8%	13.1%
Low	-11.2%	-10.5%

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 sources.