Why Jack Daniel's Parent Brown-Forman Shares Are Trading Lower Today
Why Jack Daniel's Parent Brown-Forman Shares Are Trading Lower Today
Brown-Forman Corp (NYSE:BF) (NYSE:BF) shares are ticking lower after the company reported fourth-quarter FY24 earnings and provided an outlook.
Brown-Forman公司（NYSE：BF）報告了第四財季FY24的收益，並提供了未來展望，BF股票出現下跌。
The company reported a fourth-quarter FY24 sales decline of 8% year-on-year to $964 million, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $1.031 billion.
公司報告FY24第四季度銷售下降8％達9.64億美元，未達到分析師預估的10.31億美元。
EPS of $0.56 beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.41.
每股收益爲0.56美元，高於分析師預期的0.41美元。
The gross margin contracted about 180 basis points Y/Y to 59%. The operating margin expanded 1,040 basis points to 38.9%, and operating income for the quarter climbed 25.8% to $375 million.
毛利率同比收縮約180個點子至59％。 營業利潤率擴大1,040個點子至38.9％，本季度營業收入增長25.8％至3.75億美元。
The company held $446 million in cash and equivalents as of April-end. Cash provided by operating activities for twelve months totaled $647 million.
截至4月底，該公司持有4.46億美元的現金及等價物。過去12個月的經營活動現金流爲6.47億美元。
Lawson Whiting, Brown-Forman's President and Chief Executive Officer, shared, "In a challenging year within the spirits industry, Brown-Forman remained agile and focused on the long-term growth of our brands and our business."
Brown-Forman總裁兼首席執行官Lawson Whiting表示：“在行業進入困境的一年裏，Brown-Forman保持靈活，並專注於品牌和業務的長期增長。”
Brown-Forman's regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2178 per share on its Class A and Class B Common Stock is payable on July 1 to stockholders of record on June 7.
Brown-Forman公司的A類和B類普通股每股的普通季度現金股息爲0.2178美元，於7月1日支付給6月7日持股人。
Outlook: Brown-Forman sees FY25 organic net sales growth of 2-4% and organic operating income growth of 2-4%.
展望：Brown-Forman預計FY25的有機淨銷售額將增長2-4％，有機營業利潤增長也將增加2-4％。
The company anticipates FY24 capital expenditure of $195 million – $205 million.
該公司預計FY24的資本支出爲1.95億至2.05億美元。
The company noted that its outlook is tempered by global macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties, which will continue to create a challenging operating environment.
該公司指出，全球宏觀經濟和地緣政治不確定性仍將創造一個具有挑戰性的營運環境，這會影響其前景。
Price Action: BF-A shares are trading lower by 3.04% at $44.33 at the last check Wednesday.
週三最後一次檢查時，BF-A的股票價格下跌了3.04％，至44.33美元。
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