Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Operating Margin came in at 21.34% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 0.49 percentage points from 21.83% a year earlier but up 13.05 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Brown Forman reported Operating Margin of 19.58%, down 1.99 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at 19.70%, down 2.20 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of -6.07 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Operating Margin was 21.89% in FY2025 (-4.64 pp), 26.54% in FY2024 (+5.56 pp), 20.98% in FY2023 (-2.72 pp) and 23.70% in FY2022 (-2.07 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is 8.28% (fiscal Q4 2026) to 31.49% (fiscal Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.57 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in fiscal Q3 2024 (a gain of 14.22 percentage points), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 13.20 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows BF-A's Operating Margin at 8.28% (Q4 2026), 24.36% (Q3 2026) and 22.83% (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 21.34% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 8.28% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 24.36% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 22.83% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 21.83% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 18.29% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 20.77% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 24.78% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 23.20% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 31.49% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 26.53% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 24.13% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 24.66% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 23.03% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 12.30% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 22.62% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 26.63% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 19.68% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 25.42% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 25.10% |
Brown Forman Operating Margin API
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params = {"slug": "operating-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=operating-margin&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();