BF-A
BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralBrown-Forman Corporation · Consumer Defensive · United States · $12.2B cap · $5.0M/day traded
$29.13 +1.0% · close 15 Oct · scored 17 Oct
StockRank up 1.3 since 16 Oct.
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Read our full research report on BF-A (Oct 2026), freeAs of 17 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-A) is 75/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 68, Value 40, Momentum 61, each scored against its sector).
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Brown-Forman owns Jack Daniel's, Woodford Reserve, Old Forester and a portfolio of tequilas, strong brands with genuine pricing power and a family-controlled ownership structure that thinks long-term. Management reports that US trading is improving slowly and the latest quarter showed organic growth. Even so, spirits demand faces a slower structural trend as younger consumers drink less, trade disputes have removed American whiskey from Canadian shelves, and there is no sign yet of a clear reacceleration.
ABOUT BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
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Brown-Forman Corporation is a leading global spirits and wine company, best known for its flagship Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey brand. The company commands a powerful competitive moat built on exceptional brand equity, global distribution scale, and a premium product portfolio that commands pricing power. Its long-term strategic stability is further supported by a family-controlled voting share structure.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | CAGR | TTM | 2027E | 2028E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3.9B | 4.2B | 4.2B | 4.0B | 3.9B | -0.0% | 3.9B | 3.9B | 4.0B | 1.0% |
| EPS | 1.75 | 4.64 | 6.03 | 5.15 | 4.17 | 24.2% | 1.55 | — | — | — |
| Shares | 484.5M | 168.5M | 168.5M | 168.5M | 168.5M | -65.2% | 168.5M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 2.3B | 2.9B | 3.1B | 2.7B | 2.5B | 2.5% | 2.4B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 2.7B | 3.3B | 3.5B | 4.0B | 4.0B | 10.1% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 936.0M | 640.0M | 647.0M | 598.0M | 1.0B | 1.7% | 1.0B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -127.0M | -1.4B | 49.0M | 249.0M | -71.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -1.0B | 239.0M | -618.0M | -843.0M | -1.1B | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 5% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 59% of stocks we rank over the past year (37% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Consumer Defensive, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of BF-A are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF-A | Brown-Forman Corporation(you) | $12.2B | 75 | Buy |
| COKE | Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. | $12.5B | 72 | Buy |
| SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | $13.1B | 64 | Hold |
| BJ | BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | $11.4B | 60 | Hold |
| USFD | US Foods Holding Corp. | $20.3B | 66 | Buy |
| LAUR | Laureate Education, Inc. | $5.1B | 73 | Buy |
| CXU.DE | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | $23.0B | 67 | Buy |
| DG | Dollar General Corporation | $26.6B | 69 | Buy |
| STZB34.SA | Constellation Brands, Inc. | $20.8B | 64 | Hold |
| KMY.DE | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | $32.6B | 72 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 11.9% · P/E 22.1x · Gross margin 36.8%
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