Brown-Forman B Dividend yield

Brown-Forman B is part of Beverages business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Brown-Forman B is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Brown-Forman B stock dividend

Brown-Forman B paid a total dividend of 254 million USD last year, for a market value of 20,500 millions (Market Cap 12,134 millions). Brown-Forman B dividend per share is 0.82 USD, and his stock market price 66.13 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Brown-Forman B has a dividend yield of 1.24%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Brown-Forman B stocks dividend with other Beverages companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Brown-Forman B Dividend Payout

About the ability of Brown-Forman B to maintain his current dividend of USD 0.82 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.24%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Brown-Forman B payout on ernings is currently 50.00%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Brown-Forman B can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Brown-Forman B is USD 1.34 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 0.82, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Brown-Forman B, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Beverages sector companies.

Brown-Forman B Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Brown-Forman B's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.24%	0.82	50.00%	310
2022	1.25%	0.82	46.59%	310
2021	1.03%	0.75	39.68%	310
2020	0.90%	0.71	41.04%	309
2019	1.03%	0.70	46.36%	308
2018	1.40%	0.67	50.38%	312
2017	1.15%	0.79	44.63%	215
2016	1.61%	0.73	26.07%	231
2015	1.23%	1.26	37.06%	123

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Brown-Forman B dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Beverages stocks.

Brown-Forman B Stock performance

Finally, last moth Brown-Forman B showed a return of -6.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -9.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Beverages firms.