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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014693-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BF-A"
cik: "0000014693"
company_name: "BROWN FORMAN CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-02T12:03:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-02T12:05:28.131660+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brown-Forman Q1 FY2027: Net sales -1% to $911M, EPS +6% to $0.38, reaffirms outlook

## Summary
- Q1 FY2027 net sales $911M, down 1% reported and organic; operating income $252M, down 3% reported, up 4% organic.
- Diluted EPS $0.38, up 6% YoY; free cash flow $161M, up $32M; cash from ops $173M, up $13M.
- Ready-to-Drink sales +20% (New Mix +48%); Tequila -12%; US -3% (flat organic); Emerging +11%.
- Reaffirms FY2027 outlook: organic net sales ~flat, organic operating income -3% to -5%, tax 20-22%, capex $60-70M.
- Declared quarterly dividend $0.2310/share, payable Oct 1, 2026; repaid €300M 1.20% senior notes on July 7, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014693-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BF-A
- cik: 0000014693
- company_name: BROWN FORMAN CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-02T12:03:11+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000048/0000014693-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/000001469326000048/bfb-20260902.htm

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