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Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) vs Diageo plc (DEO)

Brown-Forman Corporation and Diageo plc are both Beverages Wineries & Distilleries companies. Diageo plc is the larger, with a market value of $52.3B against $13.2B — 4.0× the size. Brown-Forman Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 18.6× against 24.8×. Diageo plc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 25.2% against −0.84%. Diageo plc has the higher net margin (21.5% vs 18.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 10.2%). Across the 19 metrics below, Brown-Forman Corporation leads on 14 and Diageo plc on 5.

Valuation

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
P/E 18.63 24.79 —
P/S 3.38 n/m 0.56
P/B 3.34 n/m 0.51
Price to free cash flow 14.39 n/m 14.67
EV/EBITDA 12.64 1.48 12.71
EV/Sales 3.93 0.50 1.35
Earnings yield 5.37% 4.03% (0.37%)
Free cash flow yield 6.95% 0.00% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Gross margin 60.66% 60.51% 47.34%
Operating margin 25.36% 0.00% (1.13%)
Net margin 18.42% 21.50% (1.20%)
Free cash flow margin 23.63% 0.00% 0.09%
Return on equity 18.12% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 9.01% 0.00% (0.86%)
Return on invested capital 10.16% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.84%) 25.19% (1.37%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.85%) (26.24%) (16.85%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.56% 2.77% 2.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.56%) (13.47%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Debt to equity 0.62 1.75 0.44
Current ratio 3.26 1.60 3.02
Net debt to EBITDA 1.79 3.66 1.34

Dividend

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Dividend yield — 4.75% —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric BF.B DEO Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Market cap 13.21b 52.28b 297.81m

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