---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-04T12:02:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T12:05:12.038723+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman reports FY 2026 net sales flat, operating income -10%, EPS -17%; guides FY 2027 flat sales

## Summary
- Full year net sales $3.9B, down 1% reported (flat organic); Q4 net sales $912M, up 2% reported (+2% organic).
- Full year operating income $1.0B, down 10% reported (-2% organic); diluted EPS $1.53, down 17%.
- Q4 operating income $96M, down 53% reported (flat organic); diluted EPS $0.12, down 62%.
- Cash flow from operations grew $402M to $1.0B; free cash flow up $462M to $893M.
- FY 2027 outlook: organic net sales approximately flat; organic operating income decline 3%-5%; tax rate 20%-22%; capex $60-70M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-04T12:02:54+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000018/0000014693-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000018/bfb-20260604.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BROWN FORMAN CORP reported financial results for fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2026.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On June 4, 2026, Brown-Forman Corporation issued a press release reporting its operating results for the forth fiscal quarter and twelve month period ended April 30, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000018/0000014693-26-000018-index.htm

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