Brown Forman (BF-A) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman (BF-A) reported Selling, General & Administrative of $185 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 4.5% from $177 million a year earlier but down 28.6% from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Brown Forman's Selling, General & Administrative came in at $815 million, up 11.2% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $807 million, up 8.5% from FY2025.
- Selling, General & Administrative has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.8% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Selling, General & Administrative came in at $744 million in FY2025 (-9.9%), $826 million in FY2024 (+11.3%), $742 million in FY2023 (+7.5%) and $690 million in FY2022 (+2.8%).
- Five-year quarterly Selling, General & Administrative spans a low of $162 million in fiscal Q3 2022 and a high of $259 million in fiscal Q4 2026.
- Year over year, Selling, General & Administrative has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 0.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Selling, General & Administrative in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 34.2%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 16.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $259 million (Q4 2026), $184 million (Q3 2026) and $187 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 185.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 259.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 184.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 187.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 177.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 193.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 178.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 185.00 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 |
Brown Forman Selling, General & Administrative API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();