Brown Forman (BF-A) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's FCF Payout Ratio was 0.66 in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 20.6% from 0.83 a year earlier but up 64.6% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Brown Forman's FCF Payout Ratio was 0.46 through Jul 31, 2026, down 36.6% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was 0.48, down 50.9% from FY2025.
- In earlier fiscal years, FCF Payout Ratio was 0.97 in FY2025 (+1.1%), 0.96 in FY2024 (+16.6%), 0.83 in FY2023 (-20.6%) and 1.04 in FY2022 (+132.6%).
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio has moved between 0.27 (fiscal Q3 2026) and 3.38 (fiscal Q2 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, FCF Payout Ratio has declined for four straight quarters, with an average decline of 16.5% over the last seven quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for FCF Payout Ratio over five years was fiscal Q3 2022 (growth of 474.5%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2024 (a decline of 79.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, BF-A's FCF Payout Ratio in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was 0.40 (Q4 2026), 0.27 (Q3 2026) and 1.00 (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 0.66 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.40 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.27 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 1.00 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.83 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.05 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.39 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.27 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 0.51 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.53 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 3.38 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.61 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 2.54 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.78 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.64 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.51 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.78 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.66 |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 0.50 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 0.38 |
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Brown Forman FCF Payout Ratio 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-ratio", "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=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();