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How Brown-Forman Corporation stacks up
BF-A · against 88 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Growth
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #70 of 89 · scores higher than 19% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score7 peers with a growth score of 20–29, including BF-A · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 25?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its 3-year revenue growth, revenue growth and earnings per share growth, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 82% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -2.8% vs peer median 3.7%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 67% of peers. Revenue growth: -0.8% vs peer median 2.8%
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 66% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -12.1% vs peer median 1.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BF-A, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BF-A | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 89 reported | -0.8% | 3.7% | 26% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 70 reported | -12.1% | 0.5% | 30% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 88 reported | -2.8% | 4.5% | 9% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BF-A| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42.8B BRL (≈$7.7B) | 97 | 74 | |
| 1 | 7.8B USD | 97 | 83 | |
| 3 | 6.6B CHF (≈$7.6B) | 96 | 47 | |
| 3 | 7.6B USD | 96 | 45 | |
| 5 | 7.6B USD | 93 | 33 | |
| 67 | 2.44T JPY (≈$16.6B) | 29 | 46 | |
| 68 | 67.3B HKD (≈$8.6B) | 27 | 59 | |
| 69 | 16.3B CAD (≈$11.9B) | 26 | 49 | |
| 70 | 1.77T JPY (≈$12.0B) | 25 | 57 | |
| 70 | 13.7B USD | 25 | 59 | |
| 70 | 11.7B CAD (≈$8.6B) | 25 | 33 | |
| 73 | 11.7B USD | 21 | 35 | |
| 74 | 13.3B GBP (≈$17.3B) | 19 | 44 | |
| 74 | 188.5B SEK (≈$18.8B) | 19 | 53 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score