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SAM (Boston Beer Co) Tariff Resilience Score : 7/10 (As of Jul. 09, 2025)


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What is Boston Beer Co Tariff Resilience Score?

Boston Beer Co has the Tariff Resilience Score of 7, which implies that the company might have Highly Resilient.

Boston Beer Co has Boston Beer Co has a primarily domestic supply chain, reducing tariff exposure. While some ingredients are imported, the company has shown flexibility in sourcing and pricing to manage costs. Historical impacts from tariffs have been limited.

Tariff Resilience Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to measure a company's exposure to international trade tariffs, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as global supply chain dependencies, manufacturing locations versus sales markets, import / export balance and percentage of revenue, and more.

The company's exposure to international trade tariffs based on these criteria:

1. Global supply chain dependencies
2. Manufacturing locations versus sales markets
3. Import/export balance and percentage of revenue
4. Historical impact from previous tariff changes
5. Available mitigation strategies (alternative suppliers, pricing power)
6. Industry-specific tariff exemptions or vulnerabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Boston Beer Co might have Highly Resilient.

Competitive Comparison of Boston Beer Co's Tariff Resilience Score

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Boston Beer Co's Tariff Resilience Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Tariff Resilience Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Boston Beer Co's Tariff Resilience Score Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Boston Beer Co's Tariff Resilience Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Boston Beer Co's Tariff Resilience Score falls into.


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Boston Beer Co  (NYSE:SAM) Tariff Resilience Score Explanation

The Tariff Resilience Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the most resilient. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 3 categories:

Tariff Resilience Score Resilience Level
7 - 10Highly Resilient
4 - 6Average Resilient
0 - 3Highly Vulnerable

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Boston Beer Co Business Description

Industry
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TAP XBRU:ABI XZIM:DLTA.ZW XAMS:HEIA MEX:FEMSAUBD BSP:ABEV3 STZ SHSE:605499 XAMS:HEIO TSE:2502 OCSE:CARL B HKSE:01876 SHSE:600600 TSE:2503 HKSE:00291 TSX:TPX.B BOM:532478 SZSE:000729 OCSE:RBREW TSE:2501
Traded in Other Exchanges
BBEA:Germany
Address
One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, MA, USA, 02210
Website
https://www.bostonbeer.com
Boston Beer is a top player in high-end malt beverages and adjacent categories in the US, with strong positions in craft beer, flavored malt beverages, hard cider, and hard seltzer. The bulk of volume and revenue is concentrated in four brands: Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly. Beverages are produced using a hybrid model leveraging both in-house capacities and third-party breweries through contract arrangements. While the firm is required to use distributors to reach end markets, including retailers and on-premises operators, it also employs 500 internal sales representatives to educate the market about its products. The firm generates almost all sales in the US.
Executives
Jean Michel Valette director 28 MAPLE AVE, KENTFIELD CT 06897
Carolyn L. O'boyle officer: Chief People Officer THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., ONE DESIGN CENTER PL., STE. 850, BOSTON MA 02210
Diego Reynoso officer: CFO and Treasurer 7078 SHADY OAK ROAD, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Calagione Samuel A. Iii officer: Founder & Brewer, Dogfish Head THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., ONE DESIGN CENTER PL., STE. 850, BOSTON MA 02210
John C Geist officer: VP of Sales ONE DESIGN CENTER PLACE, SUITE 850, BOSTON MA 02210
Cynthia Swanson director 1529 OAK STREET, SARASOTA FL 34236
David A Burwick director 32 AUTUMN LANE, NEW CANAAN CT 06840
Philip A. Hodges officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., ONE DESIGN CENTER PL., STE. 850, BOSTON MA 02210
Matthew Donal Murphy officer: CAO & Interim CFO THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, ONE DESIGN CENTER PLACE, SUITE 850, BOSTON MA 02210
Annette N Fritsch officer: VP of Product Design and R&D THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., ONE DESIGN CENTER PLACE, SUITE 850, BOSTON 2J 02210
David L. Grinnell officer: Vice President of Brewing THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., ONE DESIGN CENTER PLACE, STE. 850, BOSTON MA 02170
Quincy B Troupe officer: Senior VP, Supply Chain C/O THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, 1 DESIGN CENTER PLACE, SUITE 850, BOSTON MA 02210
C James Koch director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman C/O THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, ONE DESIGN CENTER PLACE, SUITE 850, BOSTON MA 02210
Cynthia A Fisher director 186 PARK STREET, NEWTON MA 02458
Tara L. Heath officer: Vice President, Legal THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC., 1 DESIGN CENTER PL., STE. 850, BOSTON MA 02210