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The Boston Beer Company (SAM) Fell as Alcohol Consumption Faced Challenges

Longleaf Partners, managed by Southeastern Asset Management, released its “Small-Cap Fund” fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Longleaf experienced several environments throughout its experience in small-cap investing. This year, the underlying developments in the Fund’s holdings were more promising than the actual stock price returns when compared to the target of inflation plus 10% and the unusual performance of the Russell 2000. In Q4 2025, the Fund returned 1.13% compared to 2.40% for the Russell 3000 Index and 2.19% for the Russell...