Brown Forman Corp. dividends
Brown Forman paid $0.9195 a share over the last four quarters, a 3.01% yield. The dividend per share has gone up 3 years in a row, by 5.3% a year over the last five.
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- Dividend per share is the cash a company pays for each share you own, here added up for each fiscal year.
- Yield is the yearly dividend over the share price: what $100 of stock pays you in a year.
- Payout is the share of profit, or of free cash flow, paid out. Below 100% the dividend is covered; above it the company paid more than it made that year.
- A dividend that grows year after year is often a sign of a steady business. A very high yield can mean the market expects a cut.
Dividend per share
The dividend went from $0.3147 in FY2010 to $0.915 in FY2026, up 5.3% a year over the last five.
Each column is the regular dividend per share for one fiscal year, or one quarter on Quarters, on today's share count after any split. A paler column is a period with more or fewer payments than usual. Hover or tap for the change on the period before.
Is the dividend covered?
FY2010 to FY2026In FY2026 Brown Forman earned $1.53 a share and paid $0.915: the dividend took 60% of profit.
Three columns a year on one dollar scale: what the company earned, what cash it had left after investing, and what it paid out, each per share. A dividend column taller than the other two was paid out of savings or borrowing that year.
How much of earnings it pays out
share of each yearThe dividend took more than the year's profit in 2 years (FY2013, FY2018).
The share of each year's net profit (blue) and free cash flow (green) paid as dividends. The dashed line is 100%: above it, the company paid more than it made that year.
Yield at each year's end
FY2010 to FY2026The yield is 3.01% today, above its middle year of 1.5% in the years shown.
That year's dividend per share over the share price at the fiscal year's end. The dashed line is the middle year. A higher yield than usual can come from a lower share price or a bigger dividend; the columns above tell which.
How it compares
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Every year and quarter as a table
Latest declared dividend
| Per share | Declared | Record date | Payable | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.231 | 23 July 2026 | 3 September 2026 | 1 October 2026 | 8-K filed 2 September 2026 |
Dividends by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Dividend per share | Dividends paid | Of net profit | Of free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $0.915 | $427.0 million | 60% | 48% |
| FY2025 | $0.8886 | $420.0 million | 48% | 97% |
| FY2024 | $0.8466 | $404.0 million | 40% | 96% |
| FY2023 | $0.788 | $378.0 million | 48% | 83% |
| FY2022 | $1.736 | $831.0 million | 99% | 104% |
| FY2021 | $0.7076 | $338.0 million | 37% | 45% |
| FY2020 | $0.6806 | $325.0 million | 39% | 53% |
| FY2019 | $0.648 | $310.0 million | 37% | 46% |
| FY2018 | $1.608 | $773.0 million | 108% | 147% |
| FY2017 | $0.564 | $274.0 million | 41% | 50% |
| FY2016 | $0.524 | $266.0 million | 25% | 64% |
| FY2015 | $0.484 | $256.0 million | 37% | 52% |
| FY2014 | $0.436 | $233.0 million | 35% | 45% |
| FY2013 | $1.992 | $1.06 billion | 180% | 240% |
| FY2012 | $0.356 | $192.0 million | 37% | 42% |
| FY2011 | $0.596 | $326.0 million | 57% | 67% |
| FY2010 | $0.3147 | $174.0 million | 39% | 34% |
| FY2009 | n/a | $169.0 million | 39% | 38% |
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Above 100%, the company paid out more than its profit or free cash flow that year.Dividends by quarter
| Quarter | Quarter ended | Dividend per share |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2019 | 31 July 2018 | $0.158 |
| Q4 FY2018 | 30 April 2018 | $1.158 * |
| Q3 FY2018 | 31 January 2018 | $0.158 |
| Q2 FY2018 | 31 October 2017 | $0.146 |
| Q1 FY2018 | 31 July 2017 | $0.146 |
| Q4 FY2017 | 30 April 2017 | $0.146 * |
| Q3 FY2017 | 31 January 2017 | $0.146 |
| Q2 FY2017 | 31 October 2016 | $0.136 |
| Q1 FY2017 | 31 July 2016 | $0.136 |
| Q4 FY2016 | 30 April 2016 | $0.136 * |
| Q3 FY2016 | 31 January 2016 | $0.136 |
| Q2 FY2016 | 31 October 2015 | $0.126 |
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A quarter marked * is the year less its first three quarters.Special dividends
| Announced | Per share | Record date | Payable | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 December 2021 | $1.00 | 8-K | ||
| 27 November 2012 | $4.00 | 8-K | ||
| 1 December 2010 | $1.00 | 10 December 2010 | 28 December 2010 | 8-K |
One-off dividends the board declared on top of the regular ones, as announced on Form 8-K.