secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BROWN FORMAN CORP (BF-A)
CIK:        0000014693
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000014693-25-000093
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brown-Forman Q1 net sales -3% to $924M; diluted EPS -13% to $0.36; reaffirms FY outlook
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- Net sales declined 3% to $924M; organic net sales up 1%; operating income -7% to $260M (+2% organic).
- Diluted EPS decreased 13% to $0.36; gross margin expanded 40 bps to 59.8%.
- Whiskey net sales flat; Jack Daniel's Tennessee Blackberry launch offset by US/Germany declines; Tequila -1% organic.
- United States net sales -8% (-2% organic); Emerging markets +20% (+25% organic).
- Fiscal 2026 outlook reiterated: organic net sales and operating income decline low-single digit; capex $125-135M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469325000093/0000014693-25-000093-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469325000093/bfb-20250828.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014693-25-000093

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