The Boston Beer Company, Inc.

SAM stock score: 54/100

$195.72 · +7.65% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
45
Fundamental
63
News
31

The reading

The Boston Beer Company (SAM) scores 54 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 52% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 55% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 45, fundamentals 63.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Fund Ownership at 100 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 2 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 66 and contrarian oscillators 27 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is negative at 31; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 31 to 54, and it is up 23 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward SAM’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

63

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)100

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)2

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Revenue Growth (Quarterly)13

    Quarterly revenue growth measures sales increase compared to the previous quarter.

  • Profit Margins17

    Profit margins show what percentage of revenue becomes profit.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

59

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 200 Cross Up100

    EMA 200 Cross Up tracks when price crosses above the 200-period EMA, creating an "EMA golden cross." This responsive long-term indicator signals potential sustained uptrends earlier than the SMA equivalent.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • RSI (14)0

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

61 weighted scorers; 4 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
31

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly621
Daily593
Weekly412
Monthly312
Quarterly322

Composite score, last 90 days

05010054Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 31Jul 26, 2026: 31Jul 27, 2026: 32Jul 28, 2026: 33Jul 29, 2026: 33Jul 30, 2026: 32Jul 31, 2026: 32Aug 2, 2026: 36Aug 3, 2026: 52Aug 5, 2026: 51Aug 6, 2026: 50Aug 7, 2026: 52Aug 8, 2026: 51Aug 9, 2026: 52Aug 10, 2026: 49Aug 11, 2026: 48Aug 12, 2026: 51Aug 13, 2026: 52Aug 14, 2026: 49Aug 15, 2026: 52Aug 16, 2026: 51Aug 17, 2026: 50Aug 18, 2026: 48Aug 19, 2026: 52Aug 20, 2026: 52Aug 22, 2026: 50Aug 23, 2026: 50Aug 24, 2026: 52Aug 25, 2026: 52Aug 26, 2026: 51Aug 27, 2026: 49Aug 28, 2026: 49Aug 29, 2026: 50Aug 30, 2026: 50Aug 31, 2026: 47Sep 1, 2026: 47Sep 2, 2026: 48Sep 3, 2026: 46Sep 4, 2026: 46Sep 5, 2026: 47Sep 6, 2026: 47Sep 7, 2026: 47Sep 8, 2026: 46Sep 9, 2026: 46Sep 10, 2026: 47Sep 11, 2026: 48Sep 12, 2026: 48Sep 13, 2026: 48Sep 14, 2026: 48Sep 15, 2026: 47Sep 16, 2026: 48Sep 17, 2026: 48Sep 18, 2026: 48Sep 19, 2026: 48Sep 20, 2026: 48Sep 21, 2026: 48Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 49Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 46Sep 26, 2026: 46Sep 27, 2026: 46Sep 28, 2026: 47Sep 29, 2026: 46Sep 30, 2026: 47Oct 1, 2026: 48Oct 2, 2026: 48Oct 3, 2026: 49Oct 4, 2026: 49Oct 5, 2026: 49Oct 6, 2026: 50Oct 7, 2026: 49Oct 8, 2026: 50Oct 9, 2026: 50Oct 10, 2026: 50Oct 11, 2026: 50Oct 12, 2026: 50Oct 13, 2026: 52Oct 14, 2026: 52Oct 15, 2026: 52Oct 16, 2026: 52Oct 17, 2026: 53Oct 18, 2026: 53Oct 19, 2026: 52Oct 20, 2026: 53Oct 21, 2026: 52Oct 22, 2026: 54
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Key facts

Market cap
$2.0B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Beverages - Brewers
Beta
0.82
Risk grade (1–10)
10
Next earnings
Oct 22, 2026

Beverages - Brewers peers

CompanyMarket capScore
BUD Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV$168.3B66
ABEV Ambev$51.3B67
FMX Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.$44.0B64
STZ Constellation Brands$23.5B56
TAP Molson Coors Beverage Company$7.8B43

Questions

What is SAM's stock score today?

SAM scores 54/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 45, fundamental 63, and news sentiment 31, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is SAM a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 54 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the SAM score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 61 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.