Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman (BF-A) reported Operating Expenses of $185 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 2.1% from $189 million a year earlier and down 28.6% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Brown Forman's Operating Expenses came in at $822 million, up 2.1% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at $826 million, up 2.7% from FY2025.
- Operating Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Expenses came in at $804 million in FY2025 (-2.7%), $826 million in FY2024 (+11.3%), $742 million in FY2023 (+7.5%) and $690 million in FY2022 (+2.8%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q2 2023.
- Year over year, Operating Expenses gained in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 0.4%.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 17.7%); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a decline of 10.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $259 million (Q4 2026), $187 million (Q3 2026) and $191 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 185.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 259.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 187.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 191.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 189.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 220.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 209.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 187.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 188.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 231.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 203.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 192.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 200.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 201.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 186.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 180.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 175.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 195.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 162.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 165.00 Mn |
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Brown Forman Operating Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "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=operating-expenses&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();