Brown Forman (BF-A) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Net Margin was 14.90% in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.63 percentage points from 14.27% a year earlier and up 10.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Brown Forman's Net Margin was 14.22% through Jul 31, 2026, down 2.54 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at 14.07%, down 3.12 percentage points from FY2025.
- Net Margin shows a five-year change of -5.88 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Net Margin was 17.19% in FY2025 (-2.03 pp), 19.22% in FY2024 (+4.64 pp), 14.58% in FY2023 (-1.92 pp) and 16.49% in FY2022 (-3.46 pp).
- Quarterly Net Margin has moved between 4.66% (fiscal Q4 2026) and 22.33% (fiscal Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Net Margin was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.56 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Net Margin over five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 13.16 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q3 2023 (a drop of 11.86 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, BF-A's Net Margin in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was 4.66% (Q4 2026), 19.13% (Q3 2026) and 16.77% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 14.90% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.66% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 19.13% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 16.77% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 14.27% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 13.02% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 20.03% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 18.75% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 16.10% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 22.33% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 20.27% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 17.22% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 17.42% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 16.00% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 7.11% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 16.40% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 19.33% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 12.08% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 18.97% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 18.39% |
Brown Forman Net 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=net-margin&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-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=net-margin&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();