---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-25-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T10:00:17.261395+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman Q3 organic net sales +6%; reaffirms FY2025 2-4% growth

## Summary
- Q3 reported net sales -3% to $1.0B (organic +6%); operating income -25% to $280M (organic +23%).
- Year-to-date net sales -4% to $3.1B (organic +2%); diluted EPS $1.53 vs $1.59 a year ago.
- Reaffirms FY2025 organic sales & operating income growth 2-4%; capex $180-190M; tax rate 20-22%.
- Regular quarterly dividend $0.2265/share, payable April 1, 2025; 41 consecutive years of increases.
- Recognized $78M gain on sale of Duckhorn stake; recorded $33M restructuring charges.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-25-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469325000015/0000014693-25-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469325000015/bfb-20250305.htm

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