Valuation
26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps
0median 13
An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.
SAMThe Boston Beer Company, Inc.
$165.17-27% 1Y
$165.17
$161.0852 weeks$260.05
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 48 out of 100, Average
Average. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. scores higher than 47% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on new capital.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
81median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 15% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
15%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 15 cents for every dollar earned.
-5%
12%
-15%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps
84median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.4% a year over 6 years: buybacks
805%
-3%
-1.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 12% a year, sales 12%
9012%
-2%
-0.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps
100median 62
Today's operating margin of -4.7% is -0.58x its normal 8.1%: near a trough. Normal is half the 9 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
-0.6x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow -4.7%
Balance sheet
Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others
n/ano data
No debt or interest figures on file.
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.21x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
3.2x
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-3.29
100-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-3.29
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For SAM, balance sheet could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-27, latest annual report FY2025.