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Brown Forman (BF.B) FY2011 results: revenue $3.4 billion, up 5.5% on the year

Brown Forman Corp. (BF.B) reported revenue of $3.4 billion for fiscal 2011, the year ended 30 April 2011, up 5.5% on the year before. Net income was $572 million, up 27.4%, and diluted earnings per share $1.04. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 27 June 2011.

Revenue
$3.4 billion
+5.5% on the year
FY2009FY2011
Operating margin
25.1%
22.0% a year earlier
FY2009FY2011
Net income
$572 million
+27.4% on the year
FY2009FY2011
Diluted EPS
$1.04
+29.1% on the year
FY2009FY2011

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The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue3,4043,2263,192+5.5%
Cost of revenue862858904+0.5%
Gross profit1,7241,6111,577+7.0%
Gross margin50.6%49.9%49.4%
Selling, general and administrative574539548+6.5%
Operating income855710661+20.4%
Operating margin25.1%22.0%20.7%
Interest expense29.031.037.0-6.5%
Pre-tax income829682630+21.6%
Income tax257233195+10.3%
Effective tax rate31.0%34.2%31.0%
Net income572449435+27.4%
Net margin16.8%13.9%13.6%
Diluted EPS$1.04$0.81$0.77+29.1%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow527545491-3.3%
Capital expenditure39.034.049.0+14.7%
Free cash flow488511442-4.5%
Free cash flow margin14.3%15.8%13.8%
Cash from investing203-35.0-37.0
Cash from financing-406-637-216
Depreciation and amortisation56.059.055.0-5.1%
Share-based compensation9.08.07.0+12.5%
Buybacks13615839.0-13.9%
Dividends paid326174169+87.4%
Dividend per share$0.60$0.31n/a+89.8%
Diluted shares, weighted549m557m568m-1.4%
Shares outstanding at period end544m551mn/a-1.3%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2011FY2010FY2009On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity2,0601,8951,816+8.7%
Short-term borrowings0.0n/an/a
Debt759699n/a+8.6%
Other liabilities893789n/a+13.2%
Total liabilities and equity3,7123,383n/a+9.7%
Fixed assets393468n/a-16.0%
Goodwill625666675-6.2%
Intangible assets670670n/a+0.1%
Cash and equivalents567232340+144.8%
Receivables496418n/a+18.7%
Inventory647651n/a-0.6%
Other assets314279n/a+12.6%
Total assets3,7123,383n/a+9.7%

10-K for the year ended 30 April 2011, filed 27 June 2011: the filing.