NYSE:BF.ABrown-Forman Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brown-Forman's stock was trading at $51.29 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BF.A stock has increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $58.46. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brown-Forman in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Brown-Forman.

Brown-Forman is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 26th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Brown-Forman.

Brown-Forman Co. (NYSE:BF.A) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June, 9th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company earned $709 million during the quarter. Brown-Forman had a return on equity of 43.61% and a net margin of 24.59%. View Brown-Forman's earnings history.

Brown-Forman declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Investors of record on Monday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.174 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 5th. View Brown-Forman's dividend history.

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 minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, February 27th 2018. An investor that had 100 shares of Brown-Forman stock prior to the split would have 125 shares after the split.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Brown-Forman's shares. Their forecasts range from $49.00 to $59.00. On average, they expect Brown-Forman's stock price to reach $54.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%. View analysts' price targets for Brown-Forman.

News articles about BF.A stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brown-Forman earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Brown-Forman.

Brown-Forman saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 83,200 shares, a drop of 5.3% from the May 31st total of 87,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 52,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Brown-Forman's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Brown-Forman investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Deere & Company (DE), General Motors (GM), AT&T (T), Caterpillar (CAT), Dominion Energy (D), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Altria Group (MO) and Southern (SO).

Brown-Forman trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BF.A."

Shares of BF.A can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BF.A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.46.

Brown-Forman has a market capitalization of $27.96 billion and generates $3.36 billion in revenue each year. Brown-Forman employs 4,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Brown-Forman is www.brown-forman.com.

Brown-Forman's mailing address is 850 Dixie Highway, LOUISVILLE KY, 40201. The company can be reached via phone at 502-585-1100 or via email at [email protected]