Brown-Forman (BF.B) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brown-Forman in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BF.B shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BF.B, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Brown-Forman's shares. Their BF.B share price targets range from $52.00 to $76.40. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $65.68 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price.
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Brown-Forman's stock was trading at $57.10 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BF.B shares have decreased by 14.2% and is now trading at $48.98.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, June 5th 2024.
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Brown-Forman Co. (NYSE:BF.B) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 6th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.04. The business earned $1.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.13 billion. Brown-Forman had a net margin of 22.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.01%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.47 EPS.
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Brown-Forman declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.218 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $0.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 7th.
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Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B) pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 34 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 43.28%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BF.B will have a dividend payout ratio of 43.72% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Brown-Forman shares split before market open on Wednesday, February 28th 2018. The 5-4 split was announced on Tuesday, January 23rd 2018. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Tuesday, February 27th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 125 shares after the split.

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