Brown-Forman posted a 1% sales decline to $911 million in its fiscal first quarter. Operating margin decreased 50 basis points to 27.7% as the timing of restructuring expenses and lower price/mix offset lower input costs and the end of the low-margin Korbel relationship.
Premiumization trends in spirits consumption (especially in emerging markets), coupled with Brown-Forman’s strong innovation pipeline, should enable sales growth to stabilize in the midsingle digits.
Brown-Forman is less diversified in category exposure compared with larger rivals Diageo and Pernod and could therefore be more susceptible to volume swings should demand soften for its core American whiskey products.
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Metric
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BF.B
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DGE
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STZ
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 14.09 | 18.05 | 9.40 |
Price/Book Value | 3.00 | 4.33 | 2.35 |
Price/Sales | 3.07 | 2.44 | 2.17 |
Price/Cash Flow | 12.97 | 11.08 | 7.05 |
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Metric
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BF.B
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DGE
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STZ
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|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.93 | 0.49 | 0.25 |
Current Ratio | 3.26 | 1.60 | 0.91 |
Interest Coverage | 9.55 | 3.15 | 8.21 |
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Metric
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BF.B
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DGE
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STZ
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|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 10.63% | 7.53% | 9.57% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 21.27% | 32.87% | 26.96% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 14.02% | 11.69% | 12.39% |
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| Diageo PLC
DGEAF
| — | LOCK|?r | $47B | |||
| Diageo PLC ADR
DEO
| LOCK|^cGWd# | LOCK|%C | $47B | |||
| Pernod Ricard SA
PDRDF
| LOCK|<bW?<J? | LOCK|ZG | $17B | |||
| Pernod Ricard SA ADR
PRNDY
| LOCK|VpF<W!j | LOCK|Tpp | $17B | |||
| Brown-Forman Corp Class A
BF.A
| LOCK|^^F#Tdn | LOCK|k!J | $12B | |||
| Thai Beverage PLC
TBVPF
| — | LOCK|GB | $8B | |||
| Thai Beverage PLC ADR
TBVPY
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| Davide Campari-Milano NV Az nom Post Frazionamento
DVDCF
| — | LOCK|p$& | $8B | |||
| Davide Campari-Milano NV ADR
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