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How The Boston Beer Company, Inc. stacks up
SAM · against 197 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
2/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #197 of 198 · scores higher than 1% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including SAM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 2?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 95% of peers. Return on assets: -5.6% vs peer median 4.0%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 95% of peers. Return on invested capital: -15.9% vs peer median 7.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 93% of peers. Operating margin: -4.7% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SAM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SAM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 184 reported | -15.9% | 9.6% | 2% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 195 reported | -4.7% | 8.6% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 186 reported | -5.6% | 4.6% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 184 reported | -8.6% | 9.6% | 4% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 198 reported | 48.9% | 34.8% | 76% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SAM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 1 | 229.1B INR (≈$2.7B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 3 | 398.9B JPY (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 4 | 18.6B MYR (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 192 | 83.2B TRY (≈$2.5B) | 8 | 25 | |
| 194 | 5.0B AUD (≈$3.3B) | 7 | 19 | |
| 195 | 14.5B HKD (≈$1.9B) | 5 | 31 | |
| 196 | 26.4B CNY (≈$3.7B) | 4 | 33 | |
| 197 | 2.2B USD | 2 | 22 | |
| 198 | 1.3B USD | 1 | 23 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score