Brown Forman Corporation (BF.A)

Last Closing Price: 34.43 (2025-05-09)

Company Description

Brown-Forman Corporation is a producer and marketer of fine quality beverage alcohol brands. The brands include Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Finlandia, Canadian Mist, Fetzer, Korbel, Gentleman Jack, el Jimador, Tequila Herradura, Sonoma-Cutrer, Chambord, Tuaca, Woodford Reserve, and Bonterra. They globally market and sell various categories of beverage alcohol products, such as Tennessee, Canadian, and Kentucky whiskies; Kentucky bourbons; California sparkling wine; tequila; table wine; liqueurs; vodka; and ready-to-drink products. They sell their wine and spirits brands either through wholesale distributors or in states that directly control alcohol sales, state governments that then sell to retail customers and consumers. Their main international markets are the U.K., Australia, Mexico, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, South Africa, China, Japan, Canada, and Russia.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $4.18B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.02B
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) --
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 16.47
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 4.02
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 4.26
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 14.65
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 30.78%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 24.45%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 27.26%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 12.07%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 3.49
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.49
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.62
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 0.65
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $7.44
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) --
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) --
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $2.09
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries
Common Shares Outstanding 472.67M
Free Float 453.81M
Market Capitalization $16.27B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.09M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.64
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 3.99%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 3.81%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $0.91
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 2.63%