All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BF-B real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BF-B returned −16.47% over the past year and −1.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 5, 1984, BF-B is up +3,473.35% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.95%/yr, and is currently −72.14% below its real total-return high on Nov. 24, 2020.
Data ending Fri Jul. 24, 2026
| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF-B × |
+3,473.35%
+8.95%/yr |
+10.70%/yr
R2=0.938 |
||||
| Brown-Forman Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| BF-B × |
$10,000.00
1984-11-05 |
$357,335.47
2026-07-24 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| BF-B × | −1.37% | −16.47% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| BF-B × |
−72.14%
on 2026-07-24 from 2020-11-24 peak |
−75.47%
on 2026-03-24 from 2020-11-24 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-07-24 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF-B × | −16.47% |
−40.63% −22.95%/yr |
−62.91% −28.15%/yr |
−67.08% −19.93%/yr |
−43.31% −5.52%/yr |
| Year | BF-B |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.37% |
| 2025 | −31.13% |
| 2024 | −34.13% |
| 2023 | −14.76% |
| 2022 | −14.39% |
| 2021 | −12.24% |
| 2020 | +17.08% |
| 2019 | +40.57% |
| 2018 | −12.34% |
| 2017 | +51.80% |
| 2016 | −10.07% |
| 2015 | +13.72% |
| 2014 | +16.88% |
| 2013 | +19.51% |
| 2012 | +24.96% |
| 2011 | +14.37% |
| 2010 | +32.64% |
| 2009 | +3.87% |
| 2008 | −11.38% |
| 2007 | +12.34% |
| 2006 | −5.35% |
| 2005 | +40.03% |
| 2004 | +2.76% |
| 2003 | +43.09% |
| 2002 | +4.09% |
| 2001 | −5.33% |
| 2000 | +15.04% |
| 1999 | −24.92% |
| 1998 | +37.29% |
| 1997 | +21.43% |
| 1996 | +24.51% |
| 1995 | +20.10% |
| 1994 | +5.56% |
| 1993 | +6.54% |
| 1992 | +0.59% |
| 1991 | +17.92% |
| 1990 | −23.23% |
| 1989 | +50.10% |
| 1988 | +61.48% |
| 1987 | −4.32% |
| 1986 | +32.90% |
| 1985 | +45.81% |
| 1984 | +6.88% |
