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Brown-Forman (Class B) (BF-B) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History
Top BF-B institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.
- Last confirmed price
- $28.75+1.63%
- Oct 15, 2026, 1:23 PM EDT · Prices may be delayed
Data dates
Prices as of Oct 15, 1:23 PM EDT · Fundamentals checked Oct 15, 1:07 PM EDT · Statement period ended Jul 31, 2026
Ownership read
BF-B insider transaction activity: Net selling.
Vanguard Capital Management LLC is the largest institutional holder. 2 sales and 0 purchases appear in the recent Form 4 filings. Use the filters below to separate open-market activity from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.
Insider flow
BF-B
Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.
Top holder
14.60M
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Insider transaction activity
Net selling
$881.21K sold / $0.0000 bought
Observations shown
26
10 holder / 16 insider
- Holder rows
- 10
- Yahoo Finance · Filing dates shown per row
- Increased / initiated
- 4
- 6 decreased · provider-reported changes
- Insider rows
- 16
- Yahoo Finance · Filing dates shown per row
Ownership concentration and transaction activity
- Top 10 reported holders
- 35.57% outstanding
- Changes with share-count history
- Prior-position data unavailable
- New / exited positions
- 0 / 0 explicitly reported
- Largest increase with share-count history
- Prior share counts unavailable
These changes cover the holders shown. A holder missing from this list may still own shares. Compare positions from the same reporting quarters.
Net shares sold: 28,426
Sale-code S shares minus purchase-code P shares in this sample. Includes disclosed plans and unknown plan status; excludes grants, gifts, exercises and withholding. This is activity, not sentiment.
- Grant: 11
- Other / unclassified: 1
- Purchase / sale; plan unknown: 2
- Gift: 2
Top 10 institutional holders
Brown-Forman (Class B) (BF-B) institutional ownership
Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and separate position and filing dates where ownership data supplies them.
| # | Institution | % held | Shares | Change % | Position / filing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5.03% | 14.60M | -0.51% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 2 | 4.61% | 13.40M | +0.53% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 3 | 4.33% | 12.58M | -1.58% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 4 | 4.19% | 12.16M | +0.77% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 5 | Van Eck Associates Corporation | 4.17% | 12.10M | -2.13% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
| 6 | 3.36% | 9.75M | -2.47% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 7 | 2.95% | 8.56M | -4.59% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 8 | 2.55% | 7.40M | +15.38% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 9 | 2.43% | 7.05M | +49.06% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 10 | ProShare Advisors, LLC | 1.95% | 5.66M | -5.46% | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
Recent insider transactions
Brown-Forman (Class B) (BF-B) Form 4 filings
Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding.
| # | Insider | % company | Action | Shares | Transaction date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAFILIS YIANNIS Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 508 | May 27, 2026 |
| 2 | CARR MICHAEL E JR General Counsel | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 611 | May 27, 2026 |
| 3 | NGUYEN DIANE F Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.35K | May 27, 2026 |
| 4 | GRAVEN CHRISTINA M Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.35K | May 27, 2026 |
| 5 | MASICK MICHAEL ANDREW Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 611 | May 27, 2026 |
| 6 | ENYARD ANGELA S. Officer | <0.01% | OtherTransaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 884 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| 7 | WHITING LAWSON E Chief Executive Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 4.79K | Dec 4, 2025 |
| 8 | FARRER MARSHALL B Director | <0.01% | Stock GiftTransaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 2.72K | Oct 8, 2025 |
| 9 | WHITING LAWSON E Chief Executive Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 23.64K | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 10 | BROWN CAMPBELL P Director | 0.13% | Stock GiftTransaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 390.00K | Jul 9, 2025 |
| 11 | PAFILIS YIANNIS Officer | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 164 | Jun 2, 2025 |
| 12 | CARR MICHAEL E JR General Counsel | <0.01% | Stock Award(Grant)Transaction code reported in the data source. Check the original Form 4 filing for details.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 225 | Jun 2, 2025 |
Frequently asked
Questions about this quote
Who are the largest BF-B shareholders?
Vanguard Capital Management LLC is the largest reported institutional holder of BF-B, with 14.60 million shares, or about 5.03% of shares outstanding.
What does the institutional filing activity show for BF-B?
Brown-Forman (Class B) has 10 institutional rows on file: 4 increased or initiated positions and 6 reduced them.
What insider transactions are available for BF-B?
TECHi shows 16 dated BF-B insider transactions through May 27, 2026, with transaction types kept separate so administrative actions are not presented as open-market trades.
Are BF-B insiders buying or selling?
The displayed BF-B activity reads Net selling: 2 sales and 0 purchases. Other transaction types remain separate.
Who is the most active reported BF-B insider?
BROWN CAMPBELL P has the largest absolute share movement in the displayed BF-B filing rows, totaling 390,000 shares. The action labels provide the transaction context.
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