SAM — BOSTON BEER CO INC

US Consumer Staples Food & beverage equity mkt cap 2.0B
185.95 -2.55% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 161.08 · high 260.05

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Performance

1 day-2.55%
1 week+0.10%
1 month+6.56%
3 months-0.04%
6 months-20.87%
Year to date-6.95%
1 year-14.83%
3 years-49.43%
5 years-70.66%

Technicals

RSI 1449.4
vs 50-day avg+2.83%
vs 200-day avg-9.09%
Volatility 1y37.8%
Max drawdown 1y-38.06%
Avg volume 30d272.7K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Measured signals that fired on SAM

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-09Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-09Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-02Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-06Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-14Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-26Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-05-27Stone Christopher Isaac
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-05-27Swanson Cynthia
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-05-27Fisher Cynthia A
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-05-27Joyce Meghan V.
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-05-27JORDAN JOSEPH HUGH
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-05-27Nemeth Julio N
Director
Grant or award3580.000
2026-04-02Fisher Cynthia A
Director
Option exercise1.6K157.58245.8K
2026-03-20Murphy Matthew Donal
CAO & VP of Finance
Grant or award129136.0717.6K
2026-03-01Hodges Philip A.
Chief Operating Officer
Shares withheld for tax1.6K226.78359.9K
2026-03-01Reynoso Diego
CFO and Treasurer
Shares withheld for tax622226.78141.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.177.5M770.2K
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC150.2M652.0K
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC146.2M634.5K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC78.5M340.9K
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC66.4M288.1K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP63.0M273.6K
STATE STREET CORP58.8M255.2K
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP56.5M245.2K
Quantinno Capital Management LP53.1M230.6K
UBS Group AG50.4M218.6K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-112026-08-10on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-07-232026-06-27on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-232026-07-23on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G2026-07-22on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-07-08on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-06-012026-05-27on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-06-012026-05-26on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d70.9% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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