Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Income (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Operating Income was $252 million in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 3.1% from $260 million a year earlier but up 162.5% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Income (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Brown Forman's Operating Income was $993 million through Jul 31, 2026, down 8.6% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $1 billion, down 9.6% from FY2025.
- Operating Income shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Operating Income was $1.11 billion in FY2025 (-21.7%), $1.41 billion in FY2024 (+25.5%), $1.13 billion in FY2023 (-6.4%) and $1.2 billion in FY2022 (+3.3%).
- Quarterly Operating Income has moved between $96 million (fiscal Q4 2026) and $375 million (fiscal Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Income was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 15.3%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Income over five years was fiscal Q3 2024 (growth of 115.6%); the worst was fiscal Q4 2026 (a decline of 53.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, BF-A's Operating Income in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was $96 million (Q4 2026), $340 million (Q3 2026) and $305 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 252.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 96.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 340.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 305.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 260.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 205.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 280.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 341.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 281.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 375.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 373.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 339.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 327.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 298.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 173.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 313.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 343.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 246.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 347.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 322.00 Mn |
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-income&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-income", "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-income&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();