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Brown-Forman (Brown-Forman) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 5.00% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Brown-Forman 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

Brown-Forman's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.22.

During the past 12 months, Brown-Forman's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.00% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Brown-Forman was 65.10% per year. The lowest was 4.30% per year. And the median was 7.70% per year.

Brown-Forman's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.36. As of today, Brown-Forman's Dividend Yield % is 1.71%.

Good Sign:

Brown-Forman Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

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Competitive Comparison of Brown-Forman's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries subindustry, Brown-Forman's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Brown-Forman's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Brown-Forman's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brown-Forman's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Brown-Forman 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Brown-Forman  (NYSE:BF.A) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Brown-Forman's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Jan. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=0.218/ 0.6
=0.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Brown-Forman was 0.48. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.40.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Brown-Forman Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2182024-03-072024-03-082024-04-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2182023-11-302023-12-012024-01-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2062023-09-012023-09-052023-10-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.2062023-06-072023-06-082023-07-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Brown-Forman's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.848/49.46
=1.71 %

Current Share Price is $49.46.
Brown-Forman's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.848.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Brown-Forman was 1.74%. The lowest was 0.86%. And the median was 1.21%.

Good Sign:

Brown-Forman Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Brown-Forman (Brown-Forman) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
850 Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY, USA, 40210
Brown-Forman is a U.S.-based manufacturer of premium distilled spirits that generates close to 70% of revenues in the whiskey category, under well-known Tennessee whiskey brand Jack Daniel's and bourbon brands Woodford Reserve and Old Forester. It also manufactures and distributes tequila, vodka, rum, gin, and premium wines. The company generates 47% of sales from its home market, while the bulk of international revenues come from Europe, Australia, and Latin America. The Brown family controls over 50% of the economic interests and a 67% voting power of the company.
Executives
De Chabert Ralph E officer: SVP, Chief Diversity Officer 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Augusta Brown Holland director 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Kelli Nelson officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Chavanne Patrick Bousquet director 767 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10153
Matthew E Hamel officer: EVP, Gen Counsel and Secretary 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Michael Todman director C/O TMA LIMITED, LLC, 500 RENAISSANCE DRIVE, SUITE 103B, ST. JOSEPH MI 49085
Matias Bentel officer: SVP, Chief Brands Officer 850 DIXIE HWY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
John V. Hayes officer: SVP/President, USA & Canada 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Tracy L Skeans director 1441 GARDINER LANE, LOUISVILLE KY 40213
Thomas Hinrichs officer: SVP/Pres., Emerging Intl 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Kirsten M Hawley officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Kathleen M. Gutmann director 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Alejandro A Alvarez officer: SVP, Chief Production Officer 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Lawson E Whiting director, officer: President & CEO 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40228
John D. Cook director 850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210

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