Brown Forman (BF-A) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)
Brown Forman (BF-A) reported Shares Outstanding of 458.82 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 2.9% from 472.72 million a year earlier and down 1.6% from the prior quarter.
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Brown Forman (BF-A) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Brown Forman posted Shares Outstanding of 466.34 million, down 1.3% from FY2025.
- Shares Outstanding has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Shares Outstanding came in at 472.66 million in FY2025 (-0.8%), 476.39 million in FY2024 (-0.6%), 479.16 million in FY2023 (+0.1%) and 478.88 million in FY2022 (+0.1%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Shares Outstanding in data going back to fiscal Q1 2010.
- Year over year, Shares Outstanding has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 1.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Shares Outstanding in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (growth of 0.1%); the low point was fiscal Q1 2027 (a decline of 2.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 466.34 million (Q4 2026), 462.46 million (Q3 2026) and 471.87 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 458.82 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 466.34 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 462.46 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 471.87 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 472.72 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 472.66 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 472.66 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 472.66 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 472.64 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 476.39 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 474.81 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 479.20 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 479.35 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 479.16 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 479.15 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 479.14 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 479.08 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 478.88 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 478.89 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 478.86 Mn |
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Brown Forman Shares Outstanding 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=shares-outstanding&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-outstanding", "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=shares-outstanding&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();