What is Boston Beer's stock-based comp?

Boston Beer (SAM) reported stock-based comp of $326.75K in Q4 2025.

What does stock-based comp mean?

The dollar amount of share-based compensation expenses that are not deductible for income tax purposes. This represents a permanent difference between book income and taxable income, impacting the effective tax rate. Monitoring this helps investors understand the tax cost associated with equity-based incentive programs.

Boston Beer SAM Stock-Based Comp

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$433.9M-4.4%

Gross profit$214.0M-2.4%

Operating income-$190.5M-664%

Net income-$145.3M-695%

EPS (diluted)-$13.88-743%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$164.1M+7.7%

Total debt$34.7M-25.8%

Total equity$682.6M-23.9%

Total assets$1.2B-5.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$20.4M-1,154%

CapEx$12.3M+24.2%

Free cash flow-$32.8M-310%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.9B-10.4%

Profitability

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Gross margin48.7%+3.3pp

Operating margin5.7%—

Net margin4.6%—

FCF margin9.8%+0.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.2%—

Debt / equity0.1×0.0×

Current ratio0.9×-0.8×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Boston Beer in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost.

The official record: Boston Beer’s 10-K, filed February 24, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Boston Beer's stock-based comp?: Boston Beer (SAM) reported stock-based comp of $326.75K in Q4 2025.
What does stock-based comp mean?: The dollar amount of share-based compensation expenses that are not deductible for income tax purposes. This represents a permanent difference between book income and taxable income, impacting the effective tax rate. Monitoring this helps investors understand the tax cost associated with equity-based incentive programs.