Boston Beer (SAM) closed at $180.79 on Oct 16, 2026, up 0.9% on the day. The stock is up 5.1% over the past month, up 0.1% over three months, down 7.3% year to date and down 19.1% over the past year. It trades 31.5% below its 52-week high of $264.05 and 13.9% above its 52-week low of $158.68. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($174.99) and below its 200-day moving average ($199.54).
NextPick tracks SAM in its Beverages - Alcoholic basket alongside BUD, ABEV, DEO, HEINY and STZ. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 40 (inflow), and the basket is up 6.1% over five sessions. Over the past month SAM ranks 5th of 9 basket members by price change.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $180.79 is 9.4% below the 200-day average of $199.54.
SAM closed 31.5% below its 52-week high of $264.05.
NextPick groups SAM with BUD, ABEV, DEO, HEINY and STZ in its Beverages - Alcoholic basket.
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. Its flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The company offers various beers, hard ciders, spirits based ready to drink beverages, distilled spirits, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, and Sun Cruiser brand names. It markets and sells its products to a network wholesaler in the United States, as well as wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other traditional and e-commerce retail outlets. It sells its products in Canada, Mexico, and internationally. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
