Brown-Forman Corp. Class BBF.B
13F holders, Q1 2025 (March 31)At the end of Q1 2025, 643 institutions reported holding Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (BF.B) in their 13F filings, up 7 from Q4 2024. 82 opened new positions and 80 sold out. The largest holders were Vanguard Group Inc. ($1.0B), BlackRock, Inc. ($526.2M) and State Street Corp. ($425.9M). 10 famous investors held it, including Terry Smith (1.5% of Fundsmith's portfolio), Tom Russo (0.3% of Gardner Russo & Quinn's portfolio) and Tom Gayner (0.1% of Markel Group's portfolio).
- Company
- Brown-Forman Corp. Class B
- CUSIP
- 115637209
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 82 | $175.5M |
| Exits | 80 | $129.1M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2024 → Q1 2025: 30,323,802 shares bought and 15,479,978 shares sold, net +14,843,824 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 643 holders
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.02% | Add +3.6% | 30,678,973 | $1.0B |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.01% | Add +5.7% | 15,504,610 | $526.2M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.02% | Add +0.3% | 12,466,704 | $425.9M |
| Fundsmith | 1.49% | No change | 9,637,881 | $327.1M |
| Van Eck Associates Corp. | 0.27% | Add +12.6% | 6,144,177 | $208.5M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.04% | Add +22.2% | 5,788,476 | $196.5M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.02% | Add +107.4% | 5,775,702 | $196.0M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.01% | Add +65.7% | 5,381,350 | $182.6M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.01% | Add +22.6% | 5,267,131 | $178.3M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.03% | Add +53.3% | 5,181,106 | $175.8M |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 0.39% | Add +30.4% | 5,028,121 | $170.7M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.03% | Add +3.9% | 4,007,984 | $136.0M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.02% | Add +53.6% | 3,807,263 | $129.2M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.02% | Add +142.1% | 3,076,690 | $104.4M |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.02% | Add +5.0% | 3,004,420 | $102.0M |
| Fundsmith Investment Services LTD. | 1.37% | No change | 2,855,440 | $96.9M |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 0.65% | Reduce -20.7% | 2,633,390 | $89.4M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.02% | Reduce -3.4% | 2,389,754 | $81.1M |
| Norges Bank | 0.01% | Add +1.8% | 2,362,373 | $80.2M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.01% | Add +3.8% | 2,130,586 | $72.3M |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.02% | Add +19.5% | 1,891,707 | $64.2M |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 0.71% | Add +17.1% | 1,886,816 | $64.0M |
| Vest Financial, LLC | 0.85% | Add +39.5% | 1,616,243 | $54.9M |
| Alecta Tjanstepension Omsesidigt | 0.30% | No change | 1,600,000 | $54.3M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.05% | Add +27.6% | 1,580,654 | $53.6M |
| Lindsell Train Ltd | 1.48% | Reduce -3.6% | 1,575,426 | $53.5M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.01% | Add +2.9% | 1,572,127 | $53.4M |
| Vontobel Holding Ltd. | 0.19% | Reduce -29.4% | 1,512,771 | $51.3M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.02% | Add +62.1% | 1,499,631 | $50.9M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Add +150.5% | 1,468,620 | $49.8M |
| London Co. of Virginia | 0.27% | Reduce -4.2% | 1,399,152 | $47.5M |
| Black Creek Investment Management Inc. | 2.07% | New | 1,296,119 | $44.0M |
| Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. | 0.12% | Add +37.2% | 1,168,057 | $39.6M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Reduce -1.6% | 1,151,767 | $39.1M |
| FMR LLC | 0.00% | Add +15.2% | 1,109,054 | $37.6M |
| Bessemer Group Inc. | 0.07% | Add +0.1% | 1,093,165 | $37.1M |
| J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG | 0.61% | New | 986,962 | $33.5M |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.01% | Add +20.9% | 857,506 | $29.1M |
| Gardner Russo & Quinn | 0.31% | Reduce -2.3% | 820,796 | $27.9M |
| Natixis Advisors, LLC | 0.05% | Reduce -15.0% | 780,082 | $26.5M |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 0.05% | Add +81.5% | 763,311 | $25.9M |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.02% | Add +20.2% | 733,844 | $24.9M |
| Absher Wealth Management, LLC | 3.15% | Add +48.0% | 708,355 | $24.0M |
| Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 0.09% | New | 693,600 | $23.5M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.02% | Reduce -29.4% | 623,942 | $21.2M |
| Eubel Brady & Suttman Asset Management Inc. | 2.90% | Add +14.2% | 596,704 | $20.3M |
| Glenview Trust Co | 0.39% | Add +0.4% | 585,323 | $19.9M |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 0.01% | Reduce -1.0% | 577,504 | $19.6M |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | 0.19% | New | 549,192 | $18.6M |
| Sather Financial Group Inc | 1.21% | Add +12.4% | 544,827 | $18.5M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.01% | Add +0.6% | 541,255 | $18.4M |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.01% | Reduce -7.4% | 521,222 | $17.7M |
| Confluence Investment Management LLC | 0.25% | Add +2.2% | 517,326 | $17.6M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.01% | Reduce -0.5% | 512,118 | $17.4M |
| Amundi | 0.01% | Reduce -55.3% | 519,790 | $17.1M |
| Pinebridge Investments, L.P. | 0.14% | Add +0.1% | 503,627 | $17.1M |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | 0.01% | Add +17.2% | 493,031 | $16.7M |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +24.0% | 479,929 | $16.3M |
| Markel Group | 0.14% | No change | 474,187 | $16.1M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.01% | Add +18.8% | 453,030 | $15.4M |
| Grace & White Inc. | 2.87% | No change | 436,698 | $14.8M |
| Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd. | 1.58% | Add +73.5% | 433,320 | $14.7M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | — | 426,379 | $14.5M |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 0.22% | Add +243.3% | 422,240 | $14.3M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.01% | Reduce -11.7% | 420,494 | $14.3M |
| Mather Group, Llc. | 0.16% | Add +38354.6% | 408,003 | $13.8M |
| Stifel Financial Corp. | 0.01% | Add +15.3% | 403,582 | $13.7M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.01% | Reduce -50.5% | 390,519 | $13.3M |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +21.3% | 389,309 | $13.2M |
| Amiral Gestion | 7.18% | Add +266.7% | 384,306 | $13.0M |
| Manitou Investment Management Ltd. | 2.53% | Add +7.8% | 383,104 | $13.0M |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 0.02% | Reduce -4.4% | 366,881 | $12.5M |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.01% | Add +0.8% | 339,645 | $11.5M |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | 0.02% | Reduce -5.8% | 337,375 | $11.5M |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0.13% | Add +91.4% | 337,694 | $11.5M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Add +3.4% | 335,988 | $11.4M |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0.28% | Add +362.6% | 328,402 | $11.1M |
| Bank of Montreal | 0.01% | Reduce -10.1% | 317,140 | $10.8M |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -30.9% | 317,099 | $10.8M |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 0.03% | Add +80.1% | 315,143 | $10.7M |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 0.02% | Reduce -90.2% | 305,666 | $10.4M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.01% | Add +20.1% | 303,753 | $10.3M |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 0.02% | New | 298,060 | $10.1M |
| Victory Capital Management Inc. | 0.01% | Add +27.9% | 294,912 | $10.0M |
| Rbo & Co. LLC | 1.57% | Add +0.2% | 289,563 | $9.8M |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 0.29% | Reduce -9.0% | 278,650 | $9.6M |
| ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd | 1.24% | Add +50.9% | 281,600 | $9.6M |
| Black Cypress Capital Management, LLC | 8.02% | Add +136.7% | 259,241 | $8.8M |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.06% | Add +347.4% | 251,529 | $8.5M |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 0.05% | Add +34.0% | 230,637 | $7.8M |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0.05% | Add +63.4% | 228,492 | $7.8M |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 0.02% | No change | 227,848 | $7.7M |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -0.1% | 225,388 | $7.6M |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC | 0.14% | Reduce -0.3% | 222,467 | $7.6M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.01% | Add +107.5% | 215,595 | $7.3M |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 0.07% | Add +11.1% | 213,691 | $7.3M |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 0.03% | Add +0.6% | 196,619 | $6.7M |
| Natixis | 0.04% | New | 188,999 | $6.5M |
| Hillman Capital Management, Inc. | 3.18% | Add +30.2% | 190,279 | $6.5M |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 0.07% | Add +47.3% | 189,847 | $6.4M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is BF.B's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Brown-Forman Corp. Class B the manager owns.