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Boston Beer (SAM) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

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Boston Beer (SAM - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $801.12, moving +1.27% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 2.02% gain on the day. At the same time, the Dow added 1.6%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 2.71%.

Heading into today, shares of the brewer had lost 0.79% over the past month, lagging the Consumer Staples sector's gain of 0.82% and the S&P 500's loss of 0.39% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from SAM as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect SAM to post earnings of $5.08 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 41.9%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $514.99 million, up 36.07% from the prior-year quarter.

SAM's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $11.80 per share and revenue of $1.68 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +28.68% and +34.39%, respectively.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for SAM. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 3.81% higher. SAM currently has a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

In terms of valuation, SAM is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 67.04. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 26.41, so we one might conclude that SAM is trading at a premium comparatively.

The Beverages - Alcohol industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 117, which puts it in the top 47% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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