Boston Beer (SAM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Boston Beer has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 10.81% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 2022.0% year-over-year to 10.81% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.81% (down 2022.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.95%, up 809.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed eased to 10.81% in Q1 2026, from 14.97% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 14.97% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 10.81% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 5.98% and a median of 8.0% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed sank 3210 bps — and 2023, when it soared 1423 bps.
• Tracing SAM's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 7.14% in 2022, then increased by 12 bps to 8.0% in 2023, then fell by 12 bps to 7.01% in 2024, then jumped by 114 bps to 14.97% in 2025, then tumbled by 172 bps to 10.81% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SAM's Return on Capital Employed at 10.81% in Q1 2026, 14.97% in Q4 2025, and 12.13% in Q3 2025.