---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-24-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:14:12.582049+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman reports FY2024 net sales down 1% organically; guides FY2025 organic growth 2-4%

## Summary
- Reported net sales $4.2B (-1% organic); operating income +25% to $1.4B (organic -2%).
- Diluted EPS $2.14, +32% YoY; includes $267M gain from Finlandia/Sonoma-Cutrer divestitures.
- Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey net sales down 6% reported; Diplomático/Gin Mare drove Rest of Portfolio +61%.
- FY2025 outlook: organic net sales growth 2-4%, organic operating income growth 2-4%.
- Returned $804M to shareholders via dividends ($404M) and buybacks ($400M).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-24-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469324000052/0000014693-24-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469324000052/bfb-20240605.htm

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