RBC Capital Upgrades Boston Beer Company (SAM) to Outperform

RBC Capital analyst Nik Modi upgraded Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM) from Sector Perform to Outperform with a price target of $424.00 (from $346.00).

The analyst comments "Since 2/19, SAM’s multiple has contracted by 25% (from 36.6x to 27.3x), which suggests the market is pricing in nearly 30% earnings risk. Our math suggests EPS risk is closer to 3–5%. We see SAM as relatively insulated from current market dynamics, as on-premise represents only ~15% of SAM sales and Truly should continue to benefit from hard seltzer category growth (as well as pantry loading). We raise our FY’20 shipment growth estimate to 24% (from 20%) and lower our EPS forecast to $10.69 (from $11.04) given that the company will likely become more reliant on third-party manufacturers near-term to keep up with demand."

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Shares of Boston Beer Company closed at $306.46 yesterday.

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