Brown-Forman Corporation BF.A Return on equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Brown-Forman Corporation’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Brown-Forman Corporation’s 10-K, filed June 12, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Brown-Forman Corporation's return on equity?
- Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.A) reported return on equity of 17.8% in Q1 2026.
- How has Brown-Forman Corporation's return on equity changed year-over-year?
- Brown-Forman Corporation's return on equity decreased by 22.9% year-over-year, from 23.1% to 17.8%.
- What is the long-term trend for Brown-Forman Corporation's return on equity?
- Over 5 years (2021 to 2026), Brown-Forman Corporation's return on equity has grown at a -14.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 39% to 17.8%.
- What does return on equity mean?
- How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
- How do you interpret return on equity?
- Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
- How does return on equity compare across companies?
- Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.