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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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$3.5B
-12.0% YoY
FY Net Income
$903.0M
+7.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$755.0M
-5.4% YoY
Revenue Growth
-4.9%
EPS Growth
-14.4%
Gross Margin
59.5%
Net Margin
20.6%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4.0B | 4.2B | 4.2B | 3.9B | 3.5B |
| Gross Profit | 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.1B |
| Operating Income | 1.1B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| EBITDA | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.2B |
| Net Income | 869M | 1.0B | 783M | 838M | 903M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 444M | 446M | 374M | 868M | 1.1B |
| Total Assets | 8.1B | 8.2B | 7.8B | 6.4B | 6.5B |
| Total Liabilities | 4.1B | 4.6B | 4.5B | 3.6B | 3.9B |
| Shareholder Equity | 4.0B | 3.5B | 3.3B | 2.7B | 2.7B |
| Total Debt | 2.7B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 2.3B | 2.6B |
| Net Debt | 2.3B | 2.7B | 2.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
817M
-12.7% YoY
Capital Expenditures
62M
+55.1% YoY
Free Cash Flow
755M
-5.4% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
59.5%
Operating Margin
28.4%
Net Margin
20.6%
ROE
19.9%
Debt / Equity
0.67x
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