SAMThe Boston Beer Company, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though a crowded short (+15% of shares).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 87). Price is +1% vs its 200-day average.
A crowded short, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Level with the previous count, down from 15.5% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How SAM is trading
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is −10% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 26 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- +1.3%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 87
RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold
- Below its 52-week high
- 22%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $202.14
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +22%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −10%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −62%
- vs 50-day average$175.61
- +15%
- 52-week high
- $260.05
- 52-week low
- $161.08
- Annualised volatility
- 35%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +3.6% |
| 2025 | −35% |
| 2024 | −13% |
| 2023 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | −35% |
| 2021 | −49% |
| 2020 | +163% |
| 2019 | +57% |
| 2018 | +26% |
| 2017 | +13% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | −2.5% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.31% |
| Mar | 10 | 5 of 10 | +1.9% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +4.2% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.36% |
| Jun | 10 | 2 of 10 | −2.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +8.5% |
| Aug | 11 | 4 of 11 | −0.69% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −4.2% |
| Oct | 11 | 7 of 11 | +5.5% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | −0.24% |
| Dec | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.3% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.