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How Brown-Forman Corporation stacks up
BF-A · against 806 other Consumer Defensive companies
Growth
25/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #602 of 807 · scores higher than 25% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score80 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 · 813 reported | -0.8% | 2.8% | 33% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 595 reported | -12.1% | 1.4% | 34% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 801 reported | -2.8% | 3.7% | 18% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BF-A| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 100 | 60 | |
| 1 | 30.7B BRL (≈$5.5B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 5.5B USD | 100 | 84 | |
| 4 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 2.4B CNY (≈$329M) | 99 | 29 | |
| 594 | 6.0B DKK (≈$900M) | 26 | 48 | |
| 594 |
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