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Brown-Forman Corporation

The full balance sheet for BF-B, with the line items that feed each halal check marked and explained inline. Read it like a financial report that grades itself.

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Annotated balance sheet · halal screening

Brown-Forman CorporationQ2 2026

Source: SEC Form 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 · via FMP · USD millions · Open filing

Assets

Current Assets
Cash & cash equivalents
$308
Marketable securities
$0
Accounts receivable
$832
Inventories
$2,543
Other current assets
$308
Total current assets
$3,991
Non-current Assets
Property, plant & equipment, nettangible
$1,116
Operating lease right-of-use assetstangible
$0
Long-term marketable securities
$0
Goodwill
$1,522
Intangible assets, net
$943
Other non-current assets
$287
Total non-current assets
$3,868
TOTAL ASSETS
$7,894
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Cash + Securities Ratio

under AAOIFI
2.5%
✓ PASS
Threshold 30%Buffer27.5 percentage points to spare
Breach risk
Comfortable
0%← Pass zone | Fail zone →45%
Caps how much of a company's value can be held in interest-bearing financial assets — too much suggests the business is more about earning interest than producing real goods/services.
SourceAAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 (Financial Papers — Shares and Bonds), §3.5.1

Liabilities

Current Liabilities
Accounts payable
$795
Other current liabilities
$351
Deferred revenue
$0
Commercial paperinterest-bearing
$0
Short-term debtinterest-bearing
$68
Total current liabilities
$1,214
Non-current Liabilities
Long-term debtinterest-bearing
$2,083
Other non-current liabilities
$352
Total non-current liabilities
$2,435
TOTAL LIABILITIES
$3,874
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Interest-bearing Debt Ratio

under AAOIFI
17.6%
✓ PASS
Threshold 30%Buffer12.4 percentage points to spare
Breach risk
Comfortable
0%← Pass zone | Fail zone →45%
Caps how much of a company's value comes from interest-bearing loans. Companies that rely heavily on riba (interest-based debt) fail this check even if their business itself is permissible.
SourceAAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 (Financial Papers — Shares and Bonds), §3.4.2

Income Statement Excerpt (trailing 12 months)

Total revenue
$3,928
Of which:
Product & services revenue
$3,928
Interest incomenon-permissible
$11
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Non-permissible Income Ratio

under AAOIFI
0.3%
✓ PASS
Threshold 5%Buffer4.7 percentage points to spare
Breach risk
Comfortable
0%← Pass zone | Fail zone →8%
Caps what fraction of company revenue can come from non-permissible sources. If your stock passes but interest income is high, you'd 'purify' your share of that income through charity.
SourceAAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 (Financial Papers — Shares and Bonds), §3.6
Final verdict — under AAOIFI Standard
Halal

Sector check passes: ✓ yes

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