Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$26.69
-1.59% today
1Y Change
-1.15%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → May 27, 2026
Coverage: 234 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → May 27, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-A) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $12.53B. The stock last traded around $26.69 and down 1.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → May 27, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -4.9%, EPS growth of -14.4%, a dividend yield of 3.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -4.9%, EPS -14.4%, free cash flow +2.9% with operating margin 28.4% and ROIC 12.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.4 and price/sales 3.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines BF-A price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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BF-A
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
BF-A Max Drawdown
-26.00%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Dividend Yield
3.49%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.69
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2026 | Mar 9, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Sep 3, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Jun 9, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Mar 7, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Mar 8, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Sep 5, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Mar 8, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2023 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Sep 6, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2022 | Jun 8, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Mar 7, 2022 | Mar 8, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 | Dec 29, 2021 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Special |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2021 | Jun 8, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Sep 4, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 5, 2020 | Jun 8, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Mar 9, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 4, 2019 | Dec 5, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 5, 2019 | Sep 6, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Jun 6, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Mar 4, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Dec 6, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 5, 2018 | Sep 6, 2018 | Oct 1, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Jun 5, 2018 | Jun 6, 2018 | Jul 3, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 | $1.00 | $1.00 | Monthly |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Mar 5, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.12 | Quarterly |
| Sep 6, 2017 | Sep 7, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 | $0.15 | $0.11 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 | $0.18 | $0.11 | Quarterly |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Mar 6, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 | $0.18 | $0.11 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 2, 2016 | Jan 3, 2017 | $0.18 | $0.11 | Quarterly |
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