Brown Forman (BF-A) Payables (2010 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Payables was $1.16 billion in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 8.2% from $1.08 billion a year earlier and up 34.9% from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Payables (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Payables at Brown Forman came in at $863 million, down 18.0% from FY2025.
- Payables shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Payables was $1.05 billion in FY2025 (-13.8%), $1.22 billion in FY2024 (+15.0%), $1.06 billion in FY2023 (+51.1%) and $703 million in FY2022 (-20.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure marks the highest quarterly Payables since fiscal Q2 2025.
- Compared with a year earlier, Payables was higher in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 9.1%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Payables over five years was fiscal Q3 2023 (growth of 157.0%); the worst was fiscal Q3 2025 (a decline of 43.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, BF-A's Payables in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was $863 million (Q4 2026), $1.13 billion (Q3 2026) and $1.03 billion (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.16 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 863.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 1.13 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.08 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.05 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 897.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.21 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.26 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 1.22 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.58 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 1.25 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 1.25 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 1.06 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 1.89 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 936.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 734.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 703.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 735.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 727.00 Mn |
Brown Forman Payables 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=payables&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payables", "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=payables&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();