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Brown–Forman stock buybacks

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—No share repurchases in the company’s standard SEC financial data for the last twelve months.

Brown–Forman’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q2 2026.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$200M$400MQ4 '20Q4 '21Q4 '22Q4 '23Q4 '24Q3 '26
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PeriodValue
Q4 '20$0
Q1 '21$0
Q2 '21$0
Q3 '21$0
Q4 '21$0
Q1 '22$0
Q2 '22$0
Q3 '22$0
Q4 '22$0
Q1 '23$0
Q2 '23$0
Q3 '23$0
Q4 '23$0
Q1 '24$358M
Q2 '24$0
Q3 '24$0
Q4 '24$0
Q1 '25$0
Q2 '25$0
Q3 '25$0
Q4 '25$0
Q1 '26$301M
Q2 '26$0
Q3 '26$0
Diluted shares outstanding
459.5M469.7M479.8MQ4 '20Q4 '21Q4 '22Q4 '23Q4 '24Q4 '25Q3 '26
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PeriodValue
Q4 '20480.7M
Q1 '21480.8M
Q2 '21480.7M
Q3 '21480.7M
Q4 '21480.5M
Q1 '22480.6M
Q2 '22480.5M
Q3 '22480.4M
Q4 '22480.5M
Q1 '23480.5M
Q2 '23480.4M
Q3 '23480.4M
Q4 '23480.1M
Q1 '24475.6M
Q2 '24472.8M
Q3 '24472.9M
Q4 '24473.1M
Q1 '25472.9M
Q2 '25472.9M
Q3 '25473.0M
Q4 '25472.6M
Q1 '26462.9M
Q2 '26458.5M
Q3 '26459.5M
$0last quarter (Q3 2026)
$269Mnet of stock compensation ($32M)
−2.8%diluted shares, 1 year
−2.9%diluted shares, 5 years
$426Mdividends, 12 months
33%of free cash flow ($925M) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
459.5Mshares outstanding (Jul 31, 2026)

Brown–Forman’s recent filings don’t report repurchases in the standard XBRL fields we read. That usually means it didn’t buy back stock, but some companies report buybacks only in custom fields. Check its latest 10-Q to be sure.

Share counts are adjusted for 2 stock splits (1.5-for-1, 2-for-1).

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2026$400M$427M$32M$893M466.7M10-K
2025$0$420M$28M$431M472.9M10-K
2024$400M$404M$25M$419M477.2M10-K
2023$0$378M$18M$457M480.5M10-K
2022$0$831M$15M$798M480.6M10-K
2021$0$338M$12M$755M480.7M10-K
2020$1M$325M$11M$611M480.4M10-K
2019$207M$310M$14M$681M482.1M10-K
2018$1M$773M$19M$526M484.2M10-K/A
2017$561M$274M$14M$544M488.1M10-K

Questions

Does Brown–Forman buy back its stock?
Brown–Forman’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q2 2026.
How much did Brown–Forman spend on buybacks in fiscal 2026?
$400M, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Apr 30, 2026.
Is Brown–Forman's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed −2.9% over five fiscal years and −2.8% over the last year.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jul 31, 2026, filed Sep 2, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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