Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Brown-Forman Corporation (Brown-Forman) is one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies in the world. The company is engaged in the manufacture, bottling, import, export, and marketing of a wide variety of alcoholic beverage brands. It offers a wide range of whiskies, vodka, gin, liqueur, tequila, and champagne through a portfolio of more than 30 brands, including Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Canadian Mist, Fetzer, and Korbel. The company offers its products in more than 135 countries across the world. It's largest operations are in the United States, Poland, Australia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Germany. The company is headquartered in Kentucky, the US.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Brown-Forman Corporation provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

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Table of contents

Section 1 - About the Company
Brown-Forman Corporation - Key Facts
Brown-Forman Corporation - Key Employees
Brown-Forman Corporation - Key Employee Biographies
Brown-Forman Corporation - Major Products and Services
Brown-Forman Corporation - History
Brown-Forman Corporation - Company Statement
Brown-Forman Corporation - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Brown-Forman Corporation - Key Manufacturing Facilities
Section 2 – Company Analysis
Brown-Forman Corporation - Business Description
Brown-Forman Corporation - Corporate Strategy
Brown-Forman Corporation - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Brown-Forman Corporation - Strengths
Strength - Market Position
Strength - Geographic Presence
Strength - Products and Brands
Brown-Forman Corporation - Weaknesses
Weakness - Operational Inefficiency
Brown-Forman Corporation - Opportunities
Opportunity - Growth Initiatives
Opportunity - Growth Prospects: Spirits Market
Opportunity - Balancing On-Premise and Off-Premise Sales
Brown-Forman Corporation - Threats
Threat - Highly Competitive Market
Threat - Stringent Laws and Regulations
Threat - Growing Counterfeit Market
Brown-Forman Corporation - Key Competitors
Section 3 – Company Financial Ratios
Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 – Appendix
Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List of Tables

Brown-Forman Corporation, Key Facts
Brown-Forman Corporation, Key Employees
Brown-Forman Corporation, Key Employee Biographies
Brown-Forman Corporation, Major Products and Services
Brown-Forman Corporation, History
Brown-Forman Corporation, Other Locations
Brown-Forman Corporation, Subsidiaries
Brown-Forman Corporation, Key Manufacturing Facilities
Brown-Forman Corporation, Key Competitors
Brown-Forman Corporation, Ratios based on current share price
Brown-Forman Corporation, Annual Ratios
Brown-Forman Corporation, Interim Ratios
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List of Figures

Brown-Forman Corporation, Performance Chart (2008 - 2012)
Brown-Forman Corporation, Ratio Charts

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