Analysts at Credit Suisse turned more positive on Boston Beer Company Inc SAM 0.23%, the beer maker behind the Sam Adams brand. The firm's Laurent Grandet upgrades Boston Beer's stock rating from Underperform to Neutral with a price target boosted from $140 to $150 despite ongoing weaknesses. There is little doubt that several parts of Boston Beer's business are seeing weakness, but now more than ever there are "glimmers of hope," Grandet commented in his upgrade note. Specifically, retail sales dipped into negative territory in late 2016 and have been declining at a mid- to high-single digit rate through most of 2017. But over the past few months retail sales trends have now "shown meaningful improvement" to the point where it is nearly flat as of early September. SourceStochastics are getting closer the overbought territory so the upside potential is now limited. $SAM, Boston Beer Company, Inc. (The) / D