$SAM
BOSTON BEER CO INC Stock $sam

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2014 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000119312516468386 Filed on February 18, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2014 Q2
Revenue	$217.8M	$269.7M	$231.6M
YoY Change	6.06%	24.64%	27.73%
Cost Of Revenue	$109.4M	$126.7M	$108.5M
YoY Change	8.64%	25.44%	28.88%
Gross Profit	$108.4M	$143.0M	$123.1M
YoY Change	3.61%	23.94%	26.73%
Gross Profit Margin	49.77%	53.01%	53.15%
Selling, General & Admin	$76.20M	$80.77M	$82.60M
YoY Change	1.33%	12.43%	26.92%
% of Gross Profit	70.3%	56.49%	67.1%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$10.10M	$9.600M	$8.200M
YoY Change	36.49%	37.14%	28.12%
% of Gross Profit	9.32%	6.71%	6.66%
Operating Expenses	$76.20M	$82.35M	$82.60M
YoY Change	1.2%	12.59%	26.92%
Operating Profit	$32.04M	$60.65M	$40.49M
YoY Change	10.01%	43.58%	26.35%
Interest Expense	$0.00	$31.00K	-$5.000K
YoY Change		3.33%	-16.67%
% of Operating Profit	0.0%	0.05%	-0.01%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$700.0K	-$340.0K	$196.0K
YoY Change	250.0%	1159.26%	-186.73%
Pretax Income	$31.30M	$60.31M	$40.69M
YoY Change	8.3%	42.87%	27.86%
Income Tax	$12.30M	$22.38M	$15.26M
% Of Pretax Income	39.3%	37.11%	37.51%
Net Earnings	$19.07M	$37.93M	$25.43M
YoY Change	5.5%	47.65%	28.98%
Net Earnings / Revenue	8.76%	14.06%	10.98%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.46	$2.91	$1.95
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.40	$2.79	$1.88
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding
Diluted Shares Outstanding		13.50M shares	13.49M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2014 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$76.40M	$57.20M	$31.30M
YoY Change	54.34%	30.89%	25.7%
Cash & Equivalents	$76.40M	$57.18M	$31.28M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$1.641M	$21.20M	$21.00M
YoY Change	-89.93%	21.14%	9.38%
Inventory	$51.31M	$59.61M	$64.33M
Prepaid Expenses	$4.368M
Receivables	$36.86M	$49.67M	$57.76M
Other Receivables	$21.80M	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$207.5M	$187.7M	$174.4M
YoY Change	26.29%	8.25%	25.49%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$381.6M	$371.8M	$347.6M
YoY Change	43.15%	49.7%	51.26%
Goodwill	$3.683M	$3.683M	$3.683M
YoY Change	0.0%	221.66%	45.11%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$12.45M	$9.149M	$8.141M
YoY Change	30.25%	30.53%	50.29%
Total Long-Term Assets	$397.7M	$384.6M	$359.4M
YoY Change	42.14%	48.47%	51.17%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$207.5M	$187.7M	$174.4M
Total Long-Term Assets	$397.7M	$384.6M	$359.4M
Total Assets	$605.2M	$572.3M	$533.9M
YoY Change	36.27%	32.35%	41.7%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$35.58M	$39.84M	$45.10M
YoY Change	3.35%	-2.1%	19.57%
Accrued Expenses	$33.00M	$82.50M	$79.70M
YoY Change	-52.79%	-2.25%	32.17%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$100.0K	$55.00K	$100.0K
YoY Change	88.68%	-45.0%	0.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$110.2M	$122.4M	$124.8M
YoY Change	5.55%	-2.2%	27.33%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$500.0K	$528.0K	$500.0K
YoY Change	-14.38%	-12.0%	-37.5%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$7.606M	$4.627M	$4.496M
YoY Change	64.1%	5.16%	7.61%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$7.606M	$5.155M	$4.496M
YoY Change	45.74%	17.16%	7.61%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$110.2M	$122.4M	$124.8M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$7.606M	$5.155M	$4.496M
Total Liabilities	$169.0M	$159.9M	$162.1M
YoY Change	19.04%	5.9%	31.58%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$212.2M	$201.0M	$163.1M
YoY Change	64.08%	80.66%	90.56%
Common Stock	$224.9M	$211.7M	$208.9M
YoY Change	29.99%	23.84%	23.84%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$436.1M	$412.4M	$371.7M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$605.2M	$572.3M	$533.9M
YoY Change	36.27%	32.35%	41.7%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2014 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$19.07M	$37.93M	$25.43M
YoY Change	5.5%	47.65%	28.98%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$10.10M	$9.600M	$8.200M
YoY Change	36.49%	37.14%	28.12%
Cash From Operating Activities	$38.60M	$64.30M	$47.10M
YoY Change	16.62%	31.49%	52.92%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$23.50M	-$39.80M	-$44.30M
YoY Change	-14.86%	44.73%	81.56%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$0.00	-$100.0K	$0.00
YoY Change		-96.43%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$23.50M	-$39.90M	-$44.30M
YoY Change	-14.55%	31.68%	81.56%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	4.100M	1.600M	400.0K
YoY Change	1950.0%	433.33%	-102.88%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	38.60M	64.30M	47.10M
Cash From Investing Activities	-23.50M	-39.90M	-44.30M
Cash From Financing Activities	4.100M	1.600M	400.0K
Net Change In Cash	19.20M	26.00M	3.200M
YoY Change	231.03%	37.57%	-142.67%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$38.60M	$64.30M	$47.10M
Capital Expenditures	-$23.50M	-$39.80M	-$44.30M
Free Cash Flow	$62.10M	$104.1M	$91.40M
YoY Change	2.31%	36.26%	65.58%

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CY2015	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-K
CY2015	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	SAM
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CY2015	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0000949870
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CY2015	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.034	pure
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CY2015	us-gaap	Fiscal Period FiscalPeriod	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <b><i>Fiscal Year</i></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> The Company’s fiscal year is a fifty-two or fifty-three week period ending on the last Saturday in December. The fiscal periods of 2015, 2014 and 2013 consist of fifty-two weeks.</p> </div>
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CY2015	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <b><i>Concentrations of Credit Risk</i></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash equivalents and trade receivables. The Company places its cash equivalents with high credit quality financial institutions. As of December 26, 2015, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were invested in investment-grade, highly-liquid U.S. government agency corporate money market accounts.</p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> The Company sells primarily to a network of independent wholesalers in the United States and to a network of wholesalers, importers or other agencies (collectively referred to as “Distributors”). In 2015, sales to foreign Distributors were approximately 4% of total sales. Receivables arising from these sales are not collateralized; however, credit risk is minimized as a result of the large and diverse nature of the Company’s customer base. The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends and other information. There were no individual customer accounts receivable balances outstanding at December 26, 2015 and December 27, 2014 that were in excess of 10% of the gross accounts receivable balance on those dates. No individual customers represented more than 10% of the Company’s revenues during fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013.</p> </div>
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CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Grants In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	14393	shares
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CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	151.28
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CY2015	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	BOSTON BEER CO INC
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Discount For Postvesting Restrictions ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsDiscountForPostvestingRestrictions	0.000	pure
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CY2015	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 18pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <b><i>Use of Estimates</i></b></p> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; WHITE-SPACE: normal; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; WORD-SPACING: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: 10pt 'Times New Roman'; WIDOWS: 1; MARGIN-TOP: 6pt; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</p> </div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term2 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2	P3Y5M5D
CY2015	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2015
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CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Expirations In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	0
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CY2015	dei	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer	No
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CY2015	us-gaap	Repayments Of Debt And Capital Lease Obligations RepaymentsOfDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations	54000
CY2015	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deductions Qualified Production Activities EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsQualifiedProductionActivities	0.027	pure
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CY2015	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-1220000
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CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Fair Value Assumptions Expected Dividend Rate ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate	0.00	pure
CY2015	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Shares StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares	616747	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm1	P3Y2M1D
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CY2014Q2	sam	Number Of Barrels Sold NumberOfBarrelsSold	1054000	bbl
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	2.24
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	2.18
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	46819000
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Goods Net SalesRevenueGoodsNet	252204000
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	29932000
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	136225000
CY2015Q2	sam	Number Of Barrels Sold NumberOfBarrelsSold	1125000	bbl
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	2.91
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	2.79
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	60647000
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Goods Net SalesRevenueGoodsNet	269734000
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	37926000
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	142996000
CY2014Q3	sam	Number Of Barrels Sold NumberOfBarrelsSold	1229000	bbl
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	2.93
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	2.85
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	60879000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Goods Net SalesRevenueGoodsNet	293094000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	38624000
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	157010000
CY2015Q3	sam	Number Of Barrels Sold NumberOfBarrelsSold	1284000	bbl

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