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$ 183.2 -1.02%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-23-2026

The Boston Beer Company Financial Ratios 2025-2008 | SAM

Brief overview of The Boston Beer Company's valuation and returns

The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2021 to 2025.

The valuation comparison uses P/E 22.87x (median 59.46x), EV/EBITDA 69.1x (median 16.56x), P/S 1.26x (median 1.95x). The current ratio basket stands about 35.2% below the five-year comparison base. Earnings and risk trends should explain the discount.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 4.4% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 12.8%, ROA 9.1%, ROCE 17.1%. Overall capital returns are high. The business uses resources efficiently and provides strong fundamental support for its valuation.

Price, earnings and growth produce a PEG of 1.23x, a neutral level if forecasts are realistic.

The time from paying for inputs to receiving cash fell from 22.3 days to 11.7 days. Cash turnover improved.

Overall assessment

The Boston Beer Company's fundamental efficiency looks stronger than its current valuation relative to history. Future reports should confirm the conclusion.

Annual Financial Ratios The Boston Beer Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

22.7 46.7 59.5 60.5 355.1 58.3 30.5 23.0 17.3 22.0 16.0 32.4 26.3 20.7 19.7 18.0 13.5 -

P/S

1.3 1.4 2.3 1.9 2.5 6.4 2.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.6 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.5 1.9 1.0 -

EPS

9.9 5.1 6.2 5.5 1.2 15.7 9.3 7.9 8.2 6.9 7.5 7.0 5.5 4.6 5.1 3.7 2.2 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

2.61 B 2.91 B 4.59 B 4.24 B 5.54 B 11.4 B 3.64 B 2.2 B 1.79 B 2.01 B 1.66 B 3.03 B 1.95 B 1.27 B 1.34 B 946 M 365 M -9.07 M

EBITDA per Share

21.5 14.4 15.4 14 6.52 25.4 22.6 19.5 18.7 14.9 20.7 19.7 15.9 13.3 7.89 7.22 5.06 -

EV/EBITDA

11.1 17.1 24.4 24.7 69.1 29.4 16.6 12.0 9.9 9.8 7.4 15.7 13.0 10.0 12.2 9.6 5.1 -

PEG

1.22 4.14 3.79 4.16 -107.88 9.73 1.79 -7.94 1.0 -4.58 1.96 1.11 1.51 -1.65 0.45 - - -

P/B

2.9 3.0 4.2 3.8 5.3 11.7 4.6 4.6 4.0 4.3 3.4 6.7 6.1 5.0 7.0 5.5 - -

P/CF

9.2 11.2 17.1 20.4 91.8 44.2 39.5 19.7 16.6 18.4 16.6 -277.8 -2648.8 42.1 24.4 13.3 6.4 -

ROE %

12.93 6.52 7.07 6.29 1.48 20.06 14.96 20.13 23.39 19.56 21.34 20.81 23.30 24.28 35.76 30.28 17.97 -

ROA %

9.17 4.78 5.33 4.73 1.05 13.92 10.44 14.48 17.39 14.01 15.25 14.99 15.85 16.55 24.24 19.40 - -

ROCE %

17.12 8.29 9.28 8.50 0.81 25.52 16.59 22.31 24.72 26.34 29.23 29.61 33.29 35.33 40.80 49.02 31.34 -

Current Ratio

3.4 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.2 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.8 - -

DSO

2.6 7.6 11.2 9.8 11.8 14.0 18.7 14.6 17.5 17.5 20.5 23.7 21.7 21.7 23.9 7.9 - -

DIO

37.8 38.0 41.7 44.2 40.6 46.9 60.9 53.0 44.8 42.9 45.0 42.8 58.1 61.2 54.4 - - -

DPO

32.9 28.5 27.1 25.3 30.1 39.2 43.9 35.6 33.7 33.2 34.0 29.6 35.5 39.0 30.0 - - -

Operating Cycle

40.4 45.6 52.9 54.0 52.4 60.9 79.5 67.6 62.2 60.4 65.5 66.5 79.9 82.9 78.3 7.9 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

7.5 17.1 25.9 28.7 22.3 21.7 35.7 32.1 28.5 27.2 31.4 36.8 44.4 43.9 48.3 7.9 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios The Boston Beer Company

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

4.96 -13.88 4.25 5.45 2.16 2.87 4.4 1.05 3.7 4.73 -0.73 - 2.21 4.33 -0.16 - -4.76 4.82 5.34 2.68 6.61 4.93 1.5 1.13 3.7 2.39 2.04 1.88 3.25 1.99 0.79 2.6 2.82 2.38 0.46 1.77 2.53 2.11 0.55 1.25 2.93 2.24 1.04 1.46 2.91 1.95 0.64 1.4 2 1.53 0.54 1.31 1.6 1.11 0.59 1.41 1.26 2.12 0.3

EBITDA per Share

10.9 -16.1 5.75 7.44 5.02 3.93 5.96 3.22 5.03 6.39 0.65 - 8.05 5.8 1.42 - -1.86 9.3 7.63 - 12.3 9.13 3.08 - 8.4 5.49 3.64 - 7.31 4.84 1.87 - 7.52 5.78 1.34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.59 1.3 - 3.07 4.08 0.83

ROE %

-2.37 -6.87 17.72 17.68 12.26 13.58 15.61 9.72 11.06 12.13 6.59 7.45 1.78 4.70 5.96 6.16 9.59 23.70 24.53 20.06 18.50 16.14 13.64 14.96 17.83 20.00 21.33 20.13 22.60 22.30 24.06 23.39 21.14 20.25 19.33 19.56 18.09 19.40 19.93 21.34 22.22 22.54 21.88 20.81 22.42 22.22 22.92 23.30 24.20 24.17 23.49 24.26 27.01 27.36 36.67 35.76 8.82 15.17 2.14

ROA %

0.17 -1.97 12.86 12.80 8.95 9.97 11.43 7.14 8.01 8.63 4.60 5.25 1.25 3.26 4.39 4.53 6.91 16.76 17.33 13.92 12.85 11.23 9.51 10.44 12.54 14.24 15.27 14.48 16.43 16.41 17.84 17.39 15.63 14.83 14.04 14.18 13.08 13.95 14.26 15.25 15.90 16.19 15.75 14.99 15.91 15.43 15.67 15.85 16.47 16.46 16.01 16.54 18.38 18.58 24.87 24.24 5.98 10.28 1.45

ROCE %

-2.19 -8.33 24.09 24.09 16.56 18.28 20.97 12.82 14.93 16.28 8.85 10.19 2.83 6.65 7.26 7.47 11.88 29.87 30.71 25.52 23.52 21.02 17.95 19.70 23.56 25.58 27.17 25.17 22.42 24.42 28.37 27.31 31.49 30.60 29.26 30.83 28.85 30.78 31.58 33.86 35.50 36.20 35.34 33.61 35.90 35.98 37.30 37.44 38.81 38.42 37.37 39.00 41.92 42.62 57.37 56.11 14.30 24.32 3.57

Current Ratio

2.3 2.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1

DSO

15.1 10.3 1.9 2.1 11.2 16.5 15.6 17.2 15.6 14.9 15.2 - 16.2 16.4 16.6 - 16.0 12.8 11.2 15.5 14.5 15.8 18.3 16.5 13.1 15.6 16.0 13.8 10.1 11.4 16.2 14.9 12.5 12.4 19.9 - 13.2 13.7 18.3 - 12.1 14.1 17.4 - 12.5 14.5 19.6 - 17.7 21.1 24.7 - 17.3 19.5 22.0 - 15.7 15.8 -

DIO

38.4 45.8 40.7 43.2 59.4 43.9 43.6 56.2 42.4 42.5 53.7 - 48.0 42.5 55.3 - 52.1 55.3 43.2 - 47.4 49.3 59.2 - 50.8 60.7 63.3 - 42.8 48.9 58.5 - 40.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

36.5 42.0 37.1 34.4 41.4 30.6 31.1 40.5 32.9 30.7 33.2 - 38.5 32.1 35.2 - 39.6 40.0 32.0 - 44.0 45.8 49.5 - 36.6 43.7 44.3 - 28.7 32.8 41.2 - 30.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- 56.1 42.6 45.3 70.6 60.4 59.3 73.4 58.0 57.4 68.9 - 64.2 58.9 71.9 - 68.0 68.1 54.4 15.5 61.9 65.1 77.5 16.5 63.9 76.3 79.3 13.8 53.0 60.3 74.7 14.9 52.5 12.4 19.9 - 13.2 13.7 18.3 - 12.1 14.1 17.4 - 12.5 14.5 19.6 - 17.7 21.1 24.7 - 17.3 19.5 22.0 - 15.7 15.8 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- 14.1 5.5 10.9 29.2 29.8 28.2 32.9 25.1 26.7 35.7 - 25.7 26.8 36.7 - 28.5 28.1 22.4 15.5 17.9 19.3 28.1 16.5 27.3 32.6 35.0 13.8 24.2 27.5 33.5 14.9 22.4 12.4 19.9 - 13.2 13.7 18.3 - 12.1 14.1 17.4 - 12.5 14.5 19.6 - 17.7 21.1 24.7 - 17.3 19.5 22.0 - 15.7 15.8 -

All numbers in USD currency

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