Brown Forman (BF-A) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman (BF-A) reported Cash & Equivalents of $301 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 36.1% from $471 million a year earlier and down 2.3% from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Brown Forman posted Cash & Equivalents of $308 million, down 30.6% from FY2025.
- Cash & Equivalents has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -23.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Cash & Equivalents came in at $444 million in FY2025 (-0.4%), $446 million in FY2024 (+19.3%), $374 million in FY2023 (-56.9%) and $868 million in FY2022 (-24.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Cash & Equivalents since fiscal Q3 2020.
- Year over year, Cash & Equivalents has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 12.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Cash & Equivalents in five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (growth of 37.6%); the low point was fiscal Q2 2024 (a decline of 65.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $308 million (Q4 2026), $383 million (Q3 2026) and $319 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 301.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 308.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 383.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 319.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 471.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 444.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 599.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 416.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 416.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 446.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 589.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 373.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 426.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 374.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 428.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 1.09 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 899.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 868.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 812.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 1.07 Bn |
Brown Forman Cash & Equivalents API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-equivalents", "ticker": "BF-A", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-equivalents&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();