Brown Forman (BF-A) Total Debt (2010 - 2026)
Brown Forman's Total Debt came in at $2.44 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 9.6% from $2.7 billion a year earlier and down 2.4% from the prior quarter.
Brown Forman (BF-A) Total Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Brown Forman's Total Debt was $2.5 billion, down 8.5% from FY2025.
- Total Debt carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.4% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Total Debt was $2.73 billion in FY2025 (-11.8%), $3.1 billion in FY2024 (+6.4%), $2.91 billion in FY2023 (+28.4%) and $2.27 billion in FY2022 (-11.3%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the lowest quarterly Total Debt since fiscal Q2 2023.
- Year-over-year, Total Debt has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 9.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 36.8%), and the weakest in fiscal Q2 2026 (a decline of 17.4%).
- Business Quant data shows BF-A's Total Debt at $2.5 billion (Q4 2026), $2.75 billion (Q3 2026) and $2.65 billion (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.44 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 2.50 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 2.75 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 2.65 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 2.70 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.73 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.86 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3.20 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 3.17 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.10 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 3.41 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 3.11 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 3.08 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 2.91 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 3.03 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 2.41 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 2.25 Bn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 2.27 Bn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 2.33 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 2.35 Bn |
Brown Forman Total Debt 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
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "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=total-debt&ticker=BF-A&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();