Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) vs MGP Ingredients, Inc. (MGPI)

Brown-Forman Corporation and MGP Ingredients, Inc. are both Beverages Wineries & Distilleries companies. Brown-Forman Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $329.8M — 40.1× the size. MGP Ingredients, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Brown-Forman Corporation trades at 18.6×. Brown-Forman Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −0.84% against −18.0%. Brown-Forman Corporation has the higher net margin (18.4% vs −48.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.2% vs −17.9%). Across the 21 metrics below, Brown-Forman Corporation leads on 14 and MGP Ingredients, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
P/E 18.63 n/m —
P/S 3.38 0.65 0.56
P/B 3.34 0.55 0.51
Price to free cash flow 14.39 363.73 14.67
EV/EBITDA 12.64 7.71 12.71
EV/Sales 3.93 1.35 1.35
Earnings yield 5.37% (74.72%) (0.37%)
Free cash flow yield 6.95% 0.27% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Gross margin 60.66% 35.55% 47.34%
Operating margin 25.36% (53.95%) (1.13%)
Net margin 18.42% (48.15%) (1.20%)
Free cash flow margin 23.63% 0.18% 0.09%
Return on equity 18.12% (33.65%) 0.00%
Return on assets 9.01% (19.70%) (0.86%)
Return on invested capital 10.16% (17.88%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.84%) (17.95%) (1.37%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (16.85%) (419.87%) (16.85%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.56% 6.28% 2.77%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.56%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Debt to equity 0.62 0.63 0.44
Current ratio 3.26 6.99 3.02
Net debt to EBITDA 1.79 2.85 1.34

Dividend

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Dividend yield — 3.19% —
Payout ratio — — —

Size

Metric BF.B MGPI Beverages Wineries & Distilleries median
Market cap 13.21b 329.78m 297.81m

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