Brown Forman (BF-A) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman (BF-A) reported Cash from Operations of $173 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 8.1% from $160 million a year earlier but down 40.5% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Brown Forman's Cash from Operations came in at $1.01 billion, up 36.7% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $1 billion, up 67.2% from FY2025.
- Cash from Operations has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Cash from Operations came in at $598 million in FY2025 (-7.6%), $647 million in FY2024 (+1.1%), $640 million in FY2023 (-31.6%) and $936 million in FY2022 (+14.6%).
- Five-year quarterly Cash from Operations spans a low of $17 million in fiscal Q1 2025 and a high of $417 million in fiscal Q3 2026.
- Year over year, Cash from Operations has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 131.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Cash from Operations in five years was fiscal Q1 2026 (growth of 841.2%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2024 (a decline of 78.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $291 million (Q4 2026), $417 million (Q3 2026) and $132 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 173.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 291.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 417.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 132.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 160.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 152.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 317.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 112.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 17.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 285.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 265.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 59.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 38.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 230.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 94.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 143.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 173.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 253.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 348.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 150.00 Mn |
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "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-from-operations&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();