Brown Forman (BF-A) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Brown Forman's (BF-A) Payout Ratio came in at 0.59 for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 17.6% from 0.50 a year earlier but down 1.1% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Brown Forman's Payout Ratio stood at 0.60, up 23.6% from FY2025.
- In prior fiscal years, Brown Forman's Payout Ratio was 0.48 in FY2025 (+22.5%), 0.39 in FY2024 (-18.3%), 0.48 in FY2023 (-51.3%) and 0.99 in FY2022 (+164.9%).
- Quarterly Payout Ratio has run from a low of 0.39 in fiscal Q4 2024 to a high of 1.02 in fiscal Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Payout Ratio has increased in each of the last seven quarters, with growth averaging 15.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with growth of 177.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2023, with a decline of 51.3%.
- According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.60 (Q4 2026), 0.53 (Q3 2026) and 0.53 (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 0.59 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.60 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.53 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 0.53 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.50 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.48 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.42 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 0.39 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.41 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.51 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 0.51 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.48 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.51 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.95 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.93 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.99 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 1.02 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.45 |
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Brown Forman Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();