Brown Forman (BF-B) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Brown Forman (BF-B) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.4 for Q2 2026, down 61.87% year-over-year from 1.05 in Q2 2025, and up 46.54% sequentially from 0.27 in Q1 2026.

Brown Forman (BF-B) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Brown Forman has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.4 for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 61.87% year-over-year to 0.4 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.48 (down 50.93% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.48, down 50.93% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.4 in Q2 2026, from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 3.38 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 9.0 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.63 (2023), against an average of 0.19.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio soared 472.03% in 2022 and sank 1500.0% in 2023.
  • Brown Forman's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.78 in 2022, then soared by 331.8% to 3.38 in 2023, then tumbled by 62.37% to 1.27 in 2024, then slipped by 21.36% to 1.0 in 2025, then sank by 60.0% to 0.4 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.4, 0.27, and 1.0 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Diageo 179,394,718.17 Bn 179,394,718.17 Bn - -
2 Sndl 2.36 Bn 2.20 Bn 38.51 Mn -
3 Mgp Ingredients 351.86 Mn 339.85 Mn 33.58 Mn 2.11
4 Agencia Comercial Spirits 246.49 Mn 230.66 Mn - -
5 LQR House 18.69 Mn 14.23 Mn -22,236.00 -
6 Willamette Valley Vineyards 13.89 Mn 13.49 Mn 5.03 Mn -
7 Epsium Enterprise 5.34 Mn 3.32 Mn - -
8 Splash Beverage 854,741.06 473,546.06 1,848.00 -
9 Diageo - - - -
10 Brown Forman - - 571.00 Mn 0.40

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 30, 2026 0.40
Jan 31, 2026 0.27
Oct 31, 2025 1.00
Jul 31, 2025 0.83
Apr 30, 2025 1.05
Jan 31, 2025 0.39
Oct 31, 2024 1.27
Jul 31, 2024 -4.29
Apr 30, 2024 0.51
Jan 31, 2024 0.53
Oct 31, 2023 3.38
Jul 31, 2023 -9.00
Apr 30, 2023 0.61
Jan 31, 2023 2.54
Oct 31, 2022 0.78
Jul 31, 2022 0.64
Apr 30, 2022 0.51
Jan 31, 2022 1.98
Oct 31, 2021 0.58
Jul 31, 2021 0.47