{"url_path":"/sec/bf-a/10-k/2026/item-5","section_key":"item-5","section_title":"Item 5 Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-06-12","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/0000014693-26-000024-index.html","accession_number":"0000014693-26-000024","cik":"0000014693","ticker":"BF-A","issuer_name":"BROWN FORMAN CORP","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14693/0000014693-26-000024-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000014693","primary_entity_name":"BROWN FORMAN CORP"},"word_count":181,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities\n\nOur Class A and Class B common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “BFA” and “BFB,” respectively. As of May 31, 2026, we had 2,155 holders of record of Class A common stock and 3,937 holders of record of Class B common stock. Because of overlapping ownership between classes, as of May 31, 2026, we had only 4,421 distinct common stockholders of record.\n\nStock Performance Graph\n\nThe graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return of our Class B common stock for the last five fiscal years with the total return of the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index and S&P 500 Consumer Staples Index. The information presented assumes an initial investment of $100 on April 30, 2021, and that all dividends were reinvested. The graph shows the value that each of these investments would have had on April 30 in the years since 2021.\n\n202120222023202420252026\n\nBrown-Forman Corporation$100$91$88$66$49$37\n\nS&P 500 Index\n$100$100$103$126$141$185\n\nS&P 500 Consumer Staples Index\n$100$117$119$122$140$152"}