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Also trades as: BF-B (NYSE) · $vol 73M · 0HQ3.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

BF-A NYSE

Brown-Forman Corporation
1W: +1.5% 1M: +9.9% 3M: -1.4% YTD: +14.3% 1Y: +9.4% 3Y: -44.0% 5Y: -50.0%
$29.20
-0.61 (-2.05%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±4.7%
$27 $29 $30 $32 $33
NYSE · Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries · Tech Score Buy · Power 71 · $13.1B mcap · 118M float · 0.129% daily turnover
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 66% of companies Debt: 15.4% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.47 (down 98%), Brown-Forman Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.44B against a stock market value of $13.40B.
Distance to default 6.91 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-07-31, debt counted $1.40B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 37.2%; Altman Z 4.31. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.0B +67.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: +4.1%
Capital Expenditures
$107M +35.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: +11.5%
Free Cash Flow
$893M +107.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: +3.4%
Dividends Paid
$427M -1.7% ▼
Buybacks
$400M +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$155M -2314.3% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$838M$783M$1.0B$869M$715M
Depreciation & Amort.$79M$80M$87M$87M$92M
Stock-Based Comp.$15M$18M$25M$28M$32M
Change in Working Capital-$77M$410M-$263M-$253M$82M
Other Non-Cash Items$92M-$648M-$244M-$94M$116M
Operating Cash Flow$936M$640M$647M$598M$1.0B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$138M-$183M-$228M-$167M-$107M
Acquisitions (Net)$0-$1.2B$246M$0$33M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$267M$0
Other Investing$11M$23M$31M$149M$3M
Investing Cash Flow-$127M-$1.4B$49M$249M-$71M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$196M$632M$192M-$417M-$244M
Stock Repurchased$0$0-$400M$0-$400M
Dividends Paid-$831M-$378M-$404M-$420M-$427M
Other Financing-$11M-$15M-$6M-$6M-$3M
Financing Cash Flow-$1.0B$239M-$618M-$843M-$1.1B
Net Change in Cash-$282M-$484M$72M$7M-$155M
Cash End of Period$868M$384M$456M$463M$308M
Free Cash Flow$798M$457M$419M$431M$893M

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