Shares of beer company Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM)
jumped 5.5% in the afternoon session after the company reported second-quarter earnings that showed a significant profit beat and strong guidance, which overshadowed a miss on revenue.
Beer company Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, with sales up 1.5% year on year to $587.9 million. Its GAAP profit of $5.45 per share was 36.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Boston Beer Co. (SAM) reported mixed Q2 2025 results, missing revenue estimates but beating EPS by 41%. Shares rose 4.2% post-earnings on strong profitability.
Regarded as defensive investments, consumer staples stocks are generally safe bets in choppy markets. On the other hand, they usually underperform during bull runs,
and this paradigm has rung true over the past six months as the sector’s -4.1% decline paled in comparison to the S&P 500’s 7.1% gain.
Rock-bottom prices don't always mean rock-bottom businesses.
The stocks we're examining today have all touched their 52-week lows, creating a classic investor's dilemma: bargain opportunity or value trap?
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) and the rest of the beverages, alcohol, and tobacco stocks fared in Q1.
A company that generates cash isn’t automatically a winner.
Some businesses stockpile cash but fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their ability to expand.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how beverages, alcohol, and tobacco stocks fared in Q1, starting with Zevia (NYSE:ZVIA).
Let’s dig into the relative performance of Monster (NASDAQ:MNST) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q1 beverages, alcohol, and tobacco earnings season.
Beer company Boston Beer (NYSE:SAM) reported revenue ahead of Wall Street’s expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales up 6.5% year on year to $453.9 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.17 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Wall Street has issued downbeat forecasts for the stocks in this article.
These predictions are rare - financial institutions typically hesitate to say bad things about a company because it can jeopardize their other revenue-generating business lines like M&A advisory.
