Boston Beer PE ratio SAM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; losses over the last year
Last meaningful: 24.3×; Apr 2026
10-year median: 38.3×
10-year range: 19.4× to 390×
Peer median: 15.9×

Boston Beer has no meaningful PE ratio today: it lost $6.83 a share over the last twelve months, and a PE needs earnings.

It was last meaningful in Apr 2026, at 24.3×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 38.3×, from 19.4× in Jun 2017 to 390× in Mar 2022.

PE ratio over time

median 38.3×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	24.3×	22.9×	29.2×
2025	23.2×	23.0×	50.0×
2024	44.3×	32.7×	53.2×
2023	51.1×	47.3×	188×
2022	154×	47.9×	390×
2021	64.0×	26.6×	83.4×
2020	71.0×	33.5×	85.0×
2019	38.3×	28.1×	46.4×
2018	28.0×	20.2×	39.4×
2017	26.1×	19.4×	27.3×
2016	27.0×	22.1×	28.9×
2015	27.2×	27.2×	48.5×
2014	44.7×	37.4×	48.2×
2013	47.5×	30.7×	54.1×
2012	29.7×	20.2×	30.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Consumer Defensive nearest Boston Beer's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
SAMBoston Beer	n/m
PRDOPERDOCEO EDUCATION	12.4×
ANDEAndersons	12.6×
STRAStrategic Education	13.6×
IMKTAIngles Markets	16.1×
JJSFJ&J Snack Foods	32.2×
HWKNHawkins	34.3×
KSSKOHLS	10.6×
UNFIUnited Natural Foods	35.5×
CENTCentral Garden & Pet	16.9×
MZTIMarzetti	15.6×
Peer median	15.9×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.