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is better known as the company that brews Sam Adams, hence its ticker, SAM. Unfortunately, SAM has missed all of its last four quarters, and they were wide misses. Its EPS is $-4.31 and worse, has declined 123.17% over the past year. SAM’s PE is -85.1x and profit margin is a woeful -2.73%. In Q1, shipment volumes fell 25% YOY as demand decreased. Revenue fell 21% in the quarter and its gross margin slipped from 45.8% to 40.2% YOY. The company has weak pricing power in a highly competitive business. Lots of negatives among its fundamentals. No surprise that Sam pays no dividend. The street feels lukewarm towards SAM stocks with five buys and six holds with a $442.90 price target or 23% higher. But will it get there?<\/p>\nShare have tanked 66% over the past year while the broader markets lost 6.7%. Boston Beer shareholders have been hammered in the wrong sense of the word. However, over the past five years the picture is rosier with SAM stocks returning 157% to investors. In 2020, shares more than tripled as customers were stuck at home drinking beer and the hard seltzer craze popped.<\/p>\n
SAM stocks have returned to pre-pandemic levels around $370. Summer should see decent revenues (I doubt they would fall) as normal drinking patios in bars, at BBQs and at home should resume. If you haven’t sold shares by now, it may make sense to hang on and see if they rise again, albeit slowly. If you don’t own, pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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