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BF-B Brown Forman (BF-B) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Food & Beverage · Beverages · CIK 0000014693
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SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
297
13F, latest reported quarter

Brown Forman insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for BROWN FORMAN CORP in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Whiting Lawson E
President & CEO
SELL
2026-02-13 SECtraded 2026-02-12
25,915
$803.6K
n/a
Context
  • 4 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (4 sales), the last on Dec 12, 2025.
  • The trade is 369.3% of the 7,018 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 297 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO Whiting Lawson E sold about $803.6K of BF-B on Feb 12, 2026, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 297 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Whiting Lawson E
President & CEO
SELL
2025-12-16 SECtraded 2025-12-12
8,834
$273.9K
n/a
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 sales), the last on Dec 4, 2025.
  • The trade is 26.8% of the 32,933 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 297 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO Whiting Lawson E sold about $273.9K of BF-B on Dec 12, 2025; 297 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Whiting Lawson E
President & CEO
SELL
2025-12-05 SECtraded 2025-12-04
7,746
$240.2K
n/a
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Jul 23, 2025.
  • The trade is 18.5% of the 41,767 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 297 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO Whiting Lawson E sold about $240.2K of BF-B on Dec 4, 2025; 297 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Whiting Lawson E
President & CEO
SELL
2025-12-05 SECtraded 2025-12-04
4,785
$148.3K
n/a
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Jul 23, 2025.
  • The trade is 239250.0% of the 2 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 297 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO Whiting Lawson E sold about $148.3K of BF-B on Dec 4, 2025; 297 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Whiting Lawson E
President & CEO
SELL
2025-07-25 SECtraded 2025-07-23
23,641
$732.9K
n/a
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 493.9% of the 4,787 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 297 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President & CEO Whiting Lawson E sold about $732.9K of BF-B on Jul 23, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 297 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
16 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
297 funds bought in last quarter
more than 73% of Food & Beverage
Revenue
-1.4% year over year (latest quarter)
below 66% of Food & Beverage
Margin
19.3% net margin (latest quarter)
more than 92% of Food & Beverage
Buybacks
$400.0M repurchased, FY to 2026-04-30
more than 80% of Food & Beverage
Short interest
no short interest reported
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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Who owns BF-B: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
15,953,598 sh
$426.1M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC
15,384,236 sh
$411.4M
BlackRock, Inc.
13,784,485 sh
$368.5M
FMR LLC
12,597,933 sh
$335.7M
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP
12,095,293 sh
$322.3M

Congress trades in BF-B

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

BF-B planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

BF-B mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF
$8.1M position · as of 2026-07-31
3.3%
Hillman Value Fund
$2.1M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.7%
First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund
$6.0M position · as of 2026-07-31
2.6%
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund
$897.7K position · as of 2026-06-30
2.5%
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
$289.6M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.5%
VictoryShares Dividend Accelerator ETF
$6.1M position · as of 2026-06-30
2.5%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Corporate PAC
The company's PAC: committee totals only, never individual donors (FEC).
Brown-Forman Corporation Non-Partisan Committee For Responsible Government
Cycle 2026 · $227K spent
$289.5K
Federal Election Commission, matched by the PAC's connected organisation
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Mr. Whiting
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$25.3M
$19.1M
$4.4M
-63%
+52%
2024
$13.4M
$6.2M
$2.5M
-51%
+40%
2023
$13.2M
$5.8M
$2.9M
-34%
+22%
2022
$9.7M
$6.8M
$2.1M
-12%
+19%
2021
$8.4M
$4.5M
$1.6M
-9%
+17%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
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Why this name is on the desk
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The record shows 297 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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BF-B financials

Revenue growth
-1.4%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
19.3%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating cash flow
Debt to equity
0.52x
long-term 2026-07-31 plus current 2026-07-31; equity 2026-07-31
Cash flow to debt
n/a
needs four quarters of operating cash flow
Return on equity
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income
Return on assets
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
Enterprise value
n/a
no close on file at or before the as-of date
FCF yield
n/a
no close on file at or before the as-of date
PEG, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
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Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.

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BF-B ranks highest on institutional and government (83rd percentile) and risk and compliance (79th), and lowest on growth (34th), among Food & Beverage peers.

Financial health
46
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.52x · 46 pct, sector of 66
  • Cash flow to debtneeds four quarters of operating cash flow
Growth
34
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY-1.4% · 34 pct, sector of 89
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Institutional and government
83
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter297 · 73 pct, sector of 79
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quarters$4.5M · 93 pct, universe of 1,063
Risk and compliance
79
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of floatno short interest or no free float on file
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3y0.00 per $1B · 100 pct, sector of 58
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5y0.00 per $1B · 100 pct, sector of 58
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+14.3% · 37 pct, sector of 66
3 not measured: Profitability, Insider conviction, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than four consecutive quarters of net income; fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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