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Brown-Forman

NYQ:BF.B · US1156372096
BeveragesLarge

360

67
EV / EBIT36
Price / Owner Earnings64
Owner Earnings Yield78
Dividend Yield81
Price/Sales8
EV / Gross Profit34
Price/Book25
Return on Capital59
Cash Return on Capital70
Return on Equity61
EBIT Margin94
Gross Profitability49
Cash Conversion28
Accruals64
Owner Earnings Margin94
Sales growth34
Profit Growth72
Long-Term EPS Growth38
Owner Earnings Growth26
Reinvestment77
Price momentum56
Debt load55
Refinancing79
Debt Payback57
Liquidity80
Analyst ratings8
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside23
Market mood13
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Brown-Forman clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryBeverages
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1933
Employees3,382
Websitebrown-forman.com
ISINUS1156372096
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P 500 (USA)S&P US Consumer StaplesS&P US Food & Beverage
Themes
DistilleryCleanTechFast-Moving Consumer GoodsForestryFood and BeverageWine And SpiritsWinery

Description

Brown-Forman Corporation operates as a branded consumer products company. The company primarily manufactures, distills, bottles, imports, exports, markets, and sells a wide variety of beverage alcohol products under recognized brands. Brands The co…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Brown-Forman Corporation sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 17.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 5% a year, against analyst forecasts of 2%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
19
2023202420252026

All-time high

40

Jan 2026

All-time low

4

Mar 2024

Average rank

20

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
8
9
5
1
Price/Earnings
32
46
14
7
Price/Book
25
37
14
17
Dividend Yield
81
66
45
47
Value (overall)
34
28
13
11

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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