Brown Forman (BF-A) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Free Cash Flow was $161 million in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 24.8% from $129 million a year earlier but down 39.2% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Brown Forman's Free Cash Flow was $925 million through Jul 31, 2026, up 58.4% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $893 million, up 107.2% from FY2025.
- Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.4% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Free Cash Flow was $431 million in FY2025 (+2.9%), $419 million in FY2024 (-8.3%), $457 million in FY2023 (-42.7%) and $798 million in FY2022 (+5.7%).
- Quarterly Free Cash Flow has moved between -$24 million (fiscal Q1 2025) and $392 million (fiscal Q3 2026) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Free Cash Flow has increased for four straight quarters, with growth averaging 61.2% over the last seven quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow over five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (growth of 402.6%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2023 (a decline of 87.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, BF-A's Free Cash Flow in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was $265 million (Q4 2026), $392 million (Q3 2026) and $107 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 161.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 265.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 392.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 107.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 129.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 102.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 272.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 81.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -24.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 205.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 196.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 29.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -11.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 163.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 39.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 115.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 140.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 177.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 319.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 131.00 Mn |
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Brown Forman Free Cash Flow 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=free-cash-flow&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();