Brown-Forman Corp vs MGP Ingredients Inc

Brown-Forman Corp (BF-B) is slightly undervalued and MGP Ingredients Inc (MGPI) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, MGPI trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +46%, against +7% for BF-B.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Brown-Forman Corp (BF-B)

Discounting its cash flows at 7.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $28.43; the price of $26.56 is 7% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

MGP Ingredients Inc (MGPI)

Its through-the-cycle earnings (13.5% median margin), capitalised at 6.7% with no growth, values the shares at $25.05; the price of $13.50 is 46% below that value.

Leak Score 50/100 on 8 of 12 signals

MetricBF-BMGPI
VerdictSlightly undervaluedUndervalued
Price$26.56$13.50
Intrinsic value$28.43$25.05
Margin of safety+7%+46%
Leak Score59/100 (3/12)50/100 (8/12)
Market cap$12.3B$289M
Revenue growth, 5 years2.7%6.3%
Operating margin28.5%13.2%
Net margin18.3%-48.1%
Return on equity18.1%-33.6%
Debt to equity0.620.64
P/E17.1x
Forward P/E15.5x6.9x
P/B3.1x0.5x
Dividend yield3.6%3.6%

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