secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BOSTON BEER CO INC (SAM)
CIK:        0000949870
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-035172
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Boston Beer Q2 net income +8.8% to $58M, EPS $4.72; maintains FY guidance, boosts ad spend
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- Net revenue fell 2.1% to $603.3M; depletions -3%, shipments -4.5%.
- Gross margin improved 230 bps to 45.4% on price realization and procurement savings.
- Twisted Tea grew; Truly, Angry Orchard, Samuel Adams declined.
- FY 2023 guidance: depletions/shipments unchanged (down 2%-8%); ad spend raised to $20-$40M.
- Cash from ops $119M; $207.8M cash, no debt; $52.5M in share buybacks YTD.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017023035172/0000950170-23-035172-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000095017023035172/sam-20230727.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-035172

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