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Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on SAM

What this diary said about Boston Beer Company Inc, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SAM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Heresy, “Memory Chips — Memory Is the New Compute · Closelooknet Heresy VIII” (2026-06-25)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where SAM appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.08 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SAM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.08 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Boston Beer Company Inc moved 0.08% on average · correlation 0.02 · higher than 13% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.52 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.38% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.86% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Beverages - Brewers · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Beverages - Brewers

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SAM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Boston Beer Company Inc

SAM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Boston Beer brews and markets alcoholic drinks across the United States, built around the Samuel Adams beer line and stretched into hard seltzers, ciders and ready-to-drink spirits under names such as Truly, Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard and Dogfish Head. It sells through a network of wholesalers who supply grocery, convenience and liquor retailers, bars and restaurants, with some exports to Canada and Mexico. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Where it sits in the stack
Boston Beer carries no seat in Rubin, our index of the AI build-out; it sits instead in the beverages and brewing sleeve of the wider Closelooknet universe, among consumer-defensive names, and it is not a constraint on or customer of any layer of the AI supply chain the diary tracks.
Who it is priced against
The diary finds no peer group listed for it; the comparison the market usually draws is with Constellation Brands, another US brewer that has pushed hard into flavoured malt drinks and seltzers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 and carries no Closelooknet score. Two mentions of its ticker turn up elsewhere in the diary, but both are incidental — one inside a note on SK hynix and one inside a glossary entry on market-sizing terms — neither describes the brewer's own business.
What the diary watches
Whether demand for hard seltzers and flavoured malt drinks keeps sliding, since that mix now carries more of Boston Beer's growth than the original lager.

Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-10-06

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SAM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 190 from 210 Target cut to $190 from $210 (+12% to spot) 2026-10-06

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM)?

Boston Beer Company Inc trades as SAM on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is SAM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Boston Beer Company Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does SAM trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.5% vs the 50-day and -15% vs the 200-day average, 35.6% below the 52-week high and +7.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Boston Beer Company Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Beverages - Brewers), Boston Beer Company Inc (SAM) sits 35.6% below its 52-week high, 3.5% below its 50-day average; Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX) is 17.4% below, Molson Coors Beverage Company (TAP-A) is 27.1% below, Ambev SA ADR (ABEV) is 6.4% below. Put any of them next to SAM in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Boston Beer Company Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Boston Beer Company Inc had a beta of 0.08 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 13% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.38% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Boston Beer Company Inc?

Boston Beer Company Inc appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Heresy: Memory Chips — Memory Is the New Compute · Closelooknet Heresy VIII (2026-06-25); Glossary: TAM (Total Addressable Market). What Closelooknet said most recently: SK hynix is the cleanest expression of that shift today — best positioned, not a guaranteed winner — and the TAM/SAM/SOM has further to run than the market has priced. (Heresy, 2026-06-25). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Boston Beer Company Inc do?

Boston Beer brews and markets alcoholic drinks across the United States, built around the Samuel Adams beer line and stretched into hard seltzers, ciders and ready-to-drink spirits under names such as Truly, Twisted Tea, Angry Orchard and Dogfish Head. It sells through a network of wholesalers who supply grocery, convenience and liquor retailers, bars and restaurants, with some exports to Canada and Mexico. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The diary finds no peer group listed for it; the comparison the market usually draws is with Constellation Brands, another US brewer that has pushed hard into flavoured malt drinks and seltzers.

Where does Boston Beer Company Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Boston Beer carries no seat in Rubin, our index of the AI build-out; it sits instead in the beverages and brewing sleeve of the wider Closelooknet universe, among consumer-defensive names, and it is not a constraint on or customer of any layer of the AI supply chain the diary tracks. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 and carries no Closelooknet score. Two mentions of its ticker turn up elsewhere in the diary, but both are incidental — one inside a note on SK hynix and one inside a glossary entry on market-sizing terms — neither describes the brewer's own business.

What has Wall Street done on Boston Beer Company Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Boston Beer Company Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-10-06 (target 190 from 210). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SAM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Beverages - Brewers, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.