Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) investors are thirsty for clarity. The alcoholic beverage giant recently withdrew its growth outlook following collapsing demand in the hard seltzer niche. Management also warned about significant write-down charges on the way related to excess inventory and the need to quickly reorganize brewing capacity.
A few of those key growth and profit questions will be answered when Boston Beer announces its Q3 results in a few days while updating shareholders on the broader outlook. Let's look at a few metrics worth following in that report, slated for the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 21.
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