brownforman corp bfa bfb posted strongerthanexpected earnings for its fiscal first quarter on wednesday boosted by strong whiskey sales the company had net income of 249 million or 52 cents a share in the quarter to july 31 up from 192 million or 40 cents a share in the yearearlier period sales rose 11 to 1007 billion from 906 million a year ago the factset consensus was for eps of 47 cents and sales of 976 million the jack daniels family of brands saw sales up 11 driven by 10 sales growth for its jack daniels tennessee whiskey which was boosted by international markets and the travel retail channel sales of woodford reserve bourbon rose 38 boosted by sales in the us sales of readytodrink beverages which include jack daniels can cocktails new mix and part time rangers rose in the double digits the company said it expects continued growth in fiscal 2023 despite a difficult and uncertain macro and geopolitical backdrop shares were not active premarket but are up 09 in the year through tuesdays close while the sp 500 spx has fallen 16