Brown Forman (BF-A) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's EBITDA Margin came in at 23.29% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 0.39 percentage points from 23.68% a year earlier but up 12.93 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Brown Forman reported EBITDA Margin of 21.41%, down 1.88 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was 21.51%, down 2.11 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBITDA Margin carries a five-year change of -5.96 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, EBITDA Margin was 23.62% in FY2025 (-4.56 pp), 28.17% in FY2024 (+5.70 pp), 22.47% in FY2023 (-2.78 pp) and 25.25% in FY2022 (-2.21 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBITDA Margin is 10.35% (fiscal Q4 2026) to 33.25% (fiscal Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.49 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBITDA Margin over five years came in fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 14.58 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 13.16 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BF-A's EBITDA Margin at 10.35% (Q4 2026), 26.07% (Q3 2026) and 24.48% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 23.29% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 10.35% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 26.07% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 24.48% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 23.68% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 20.16% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 22.40% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 26.38% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 25.02% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 33.25% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 28.31% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 25.55% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 26.24% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 24.65% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 13.73% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 23.99% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 28.18% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 21.20% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 26.89% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 26.73% |
Brown Forman EBITDA Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "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=ebitda-margin&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();