Boston Beer (SAM) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Boston Beer's Tax Rate came in at 28.69% for Q2 2026, up 0.59 percentage points from 28.10% a year earlier and up 5.58 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Boston Beer (SAM) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 27, 2026, Boston Beer reported Tax Rate of 15.63%, down 15.37 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 29.32%, down 2.54 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of +7.92 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 31.86% in FY2024 (+1.44 pp), 30.42% in FY2023 (+3.98 pp), 26.44% in FY2022 (+137.08 pp) and -110.64% in FY2021 (-132.04 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Tax Rate since Q1 2025.
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.38 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q1 2023 (a gain of 13.27 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2026 (a drop of 8.78 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SAM's Tax Rate at 23.11% (Q1 2026), 26.34% (Q4 2025) and 28.05% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coca Cola | 375.10 Bn | 363.73 Bn | 8.42 Bn | 18.94% |
| 2 | Diageo | 209.77 Bn | 202.17 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Coca Cola Femsa Sab De Cv | 182.89 Bn | 182.89 Bn | 2.06 Bn | 29.65% |
| 4 | Pepsico | 175.39 Bn | 135.83 Bn | 13.11 Bn | 22.01% |
| 5 | Anheuser-Busch InBev | 138.58 Bn | 107.33 Bn | 9.58 Bn | - |
| 6 | Monster Beverage | 82.00 Bn | 70.25 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 23.91% |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Europacific Partners | 46.20 Bn | 39.44 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Ambev | 45.08 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 2.06 Bn | - |
| 9 | Keurig Dr Pepper | 42.81 Bn | 43.05 Bn | 3.07 Bn | 31.15% |
| 10 | Boston Beer | 1.72 Bn | 813.09 Mn | 286.37 Mn | 28.69% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | 28.69% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | 28.05% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 28.10% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 31.89% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 31.74% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 28.62% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 33.03% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 29.30% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 27.55% |
| Sep 24, 2022 | 28.63% |
| Jun 25, 2022 | 24.72% |
| Jun 26, 2021 | 26.08% |
| Mar 27, 2021 | 14.36% |
| Dec 26, 2020 | 22.85% |
| Sep 26, 2020 | 20.78% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 23.39% |
| Mar 28, 2020 | 14.13% |
| Dec 28, 2019 | 21.39% |
| Sep 28, 2019 | 24.10% |
| Jun 29, 2019 | 26.89% |
API Access
Boston Beer Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "SAM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SAM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();