Brown-Forman (BF.A) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brown-Forman in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BF.A shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BF.A, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, December 6th 2023.
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Brown-Forman Co. (NYSE:BF.A) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 30th. The company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.05. The business earned $1.04 billion during the quarter. Brown-Forman had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 28.00% and a net margin of 17.96%.

Brown-Forman declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th will be given a dividend of $0.206 per share on Monday, October 2nd. This represents a $0.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 1st. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF holds 41,069 shares of BF.A stock, representing 0.16% of its portfolio.

Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.A) pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.26%. The dividend payout ratio is 51.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Brown-Forman's stock split on the morning of 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.

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), Gilead Sciences (GILD), General Motors (GM), AT&T (T), Caterpillar (CAT), Dominion Energy (D), Walt Disney (DIS) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

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

One share of BF.A stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.91.

Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.A) has a market capitalization of $31.12 billion and generates $4.23 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $783 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,800 workers across the globe.

Brown-Forman's mailing address is 850 Dixie Highway, LOUISVILLE KY, 40201. The official website for the company is www.brown-forman.com. The company can be reached via phone at 502-585-1100, via email at investor_relations@b-f.com, or via fax at 502-774-7876.