secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BROWN FORMAN CORP (BF-A)
CIK:        0000014693
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-04T12:02:54+00:00
Accession:  0000014693-26-000018
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000018/0000014693-26-000018-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000018/bfb-20260604.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014693-26-000018

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