
Brady Corporation
BRCNYSEIndustrialsSecurity & Protection Services
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$91.29
+$0.56 · +0.62%
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Company profile
Company websiteBrady Corporation, established in 1914 and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operates as a global supplier of specialized identification and workplace safety products. The company’s core focus is on delivering solutions that facilitate the identification and protection of facilities, goods, and individuals across numerous industries worldwide. Its Identification Solutions (IDS) division provides a wide range of products for safeguarding and marking premises, including safety signs, floor-marking tapes, pipe markers, advanced labeling systems, spill control items, and lockout/tagout devices. For product management, IDS offers crucial materials, printing technologies, and RFID/barcode scanners used for initial product identification, brand integrity, tracking items through production, and final product labeling. Wire identification needs are met with handheld printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags. Human identification offerings include name tags, badges, lanyards, rigid card printing systems, and access control software, extending to patient safety and tracking through wristbands and custom labels. This segment also delivers vital software and services for safety compliance auditing, procedure documentation, and training. Serving a diverse clientele spanning industrial and electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, energy, automotive, aerospace, government, public transit, electrical contracting, education, and entertainment, IDS products are distributed via direct sales, partners, catalogs, and digital channels. The Workplace Safety (WPS) division focuses on creating secure and compliant work environments. Its portfolio comprises a variety of safety and compliance signage, tags, labels, and markings; informational displays; asset tracking labels; first aid supplies; facility safety equipment; personal protective gear; and essential labor law posters. Catering to sectors like process industries, government, education, construction, and utilities, WPS primarily utilizes catalog and digital sales channels. Additionally, it offers both stock and customized identification products, along with various resale items.
- Industry
- Security & Protection Services
- Sector
- Industrials
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- Vineet Nargolwala
- Listed since
- Oct 31, 1986
- Employees
- 6,400
Market position
Day range
Current $91.29
52-week range
Current $91.29
- Open
- $91.27
- Previous close
- $90.73
- Volume
- 75.36K
- 0.25× average
- Average volume
- 298.85K
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 4.3B USD
- Beta
- 0.62
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $91.7516
- -0.50% below average
- 200-day average
- $85.2513
- +7.08% above average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 3.35B USD
- P/E (TTM)
- 20.7×
- P/B (TTM)
- 3.22×
- P/S (TTM)
- 2.65×
- EV / EBITDA
- 11.85×
- Earnings yield
- 5.63%
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.57%
- Dividend yield
- 1.07%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 51.11%
- Operating margin
- 16.19%
- Net margin
- 12.93%
- Return on equity
- 15.87%
- Return on assets
- 10.91%
- Return on invested capital
- 13.31%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 0.07×
- Current ratio
- 1.88×
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.51B USD | 1.34B USD | 1.33B USD | 1.3B USD | 1.14B USD |
| Cost of goods sold | 752.78M USD | 653.51M USD | 674.59M USD | 670.51M USD | 583.25M USD |
| Gross profit | 760.82M USD | 687.88M USD | 657.28M USD | 631.55M USD | 561.45M USD |
| Research and development | 79.89M USD | 67.75M USD | 61.37M USD | 58.55M USD | 44.55M USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 444.3M USD | 376.72M USD | 370.7M USD | 379.99M USD | 349.77M USD |
| Operating expenses | 524.18M USD | 444.47M USD | 432.06M USD | 438.54M USD | 394.32M USD |
| Interest expense | 4.75M USD | 3.13M USD | 3.54M USD | 1.28M USD | 437K USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 40.64M USD | 29.87M USD | 32.37M USD | 34.18M USD | 25.48M USD |
| Operating income | 236.64M USD | 243.41M USD | 225.21M USD | 193.01M USD | 167.13M USD |
| Net income | 189.26M USD | 197.22M USD | 174.86M USD | 149.98M USD | 129.66M USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Earnings
- EPS beat rate
- 64%
- 7 beats, 1 miss, 3 met estimates
- Average EPS surprise
- +3.52%
- 11 comparable reports
- Latest EPS result
- 1.5
- Estimate 1.35 · Beat by 11.11%
EPS: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Revenue: actual versus estimate
Recent quarterly results
Analyst ratings
Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.
Rating distribution
10 ratingsCorporate actions
Annual dividends per share
Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.
$0.965
2025 complete year+9.0% since 2021
2026 partial: $0.735
$0.885
2,021
$0.905
2,022
$0.925
2,023
$0.945
2,024
$0.965
2,025
$0.735
2,026*
* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.
Corporate action history
| Action | Ex-dividend date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend | Jul 10, 2026 | $0.245Quarterly | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 |
Dividend | Apr 9, 2026 | $0.245Quarterly | Apr 9, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Dividend | Jan 9, 2026 | $0.245Quarterly | Jan 9, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 |
Dividend | Oct 10, 2025 | $0.245Quarterly | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
Dividend | Jul 10, 2025 | $0.24Quarterly | Jul 10, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 |
Dividend | Apr 9, 2025 | $0.24Quarterly | Apr 9, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 |
Ex-dividend Jul 10, 2026
$0.245
Quarterly
Record Jul 10, 2026 · Payment Jul 31, 2026
Ex-dividend Apr 9, 2026
$0.245
Quarterly
Record Apr 9, 2026 · Payment Apr 30, 2026
Ex-dividend Jan 9, 2026
$0.245
Quarterly
Record Jan 9, 2026 · Payment Jan 30, 2026
Ex-dividend Oct 10, 2025
$0.245
Quarterly
Record Oct 10, 2025 · Payment Oct 31, 2025
Ex-dividend Jul 10, 2025
$0.24
Quarterly
Record Jul 10, 2025 · Payment Jul 31, 2025
Ex-dividend Apr 9, 2025
$0.24
Quarterly
Record Apr 9, 2025 · Payment Apr 30, 2025
BRC peers
ETFs holding BRC
Funds reporting this stock among their holdings, ordered by reported position size.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETFIJR250.67M0.22%111.19B USD0.06%$147.31+0.64%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI124.34M0.01%2.3T USD0.03%$378.24+0.44%
First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETFSDVY101.41M0.88%11.64B USD0.58%$43.87+0.46%
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETFVB89.71M0.05%183.4B USD0.03%$304.76+0.64%
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETFVBR56.98M0.08%68.3B USD0.05%$249.18+0.68%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF47.41M0.05%93.7B USD0.05%$245.53+0.82%
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFIJT38.12M0.45%8.22B USD0.18%$173.9+0.61%
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETFSPSM37.4M0.22%17.03B USD0.03%$57.28+0.61%
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETFIJR- Market value
- 250.67M
- Weight
- 0.22%
- AUM
- 111.19B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- Price / 1D
- $147.31+0.64%
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETFVTI- Market value
- 124.34M
- Weight
- 0.01%
- AUM
- 2.3T USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $378.24+0.44%
First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETFSDVY- Market value
- 101.41M
- Weight
- 0.88%
- AUM
- 11.64B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.58%
- Price / 1D
- $43.87+0.46%
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETFVB- Market value
- 89.71M
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 183.4B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $304.76+0.64%
Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETFVBR- Market value
- 56.98M
- Weight
- 0.08%
- AUM
- 68.3B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Price / 1D
- $249.18+0.68%
Vanguard Extended Market ETFVXF- Market value
- 47.41M
- Weight
- 0.05%
- AUM
- 93.7B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%
- Price / 1D
- $245.53+0.82%
iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETFIJT- Market value
- 38.12M
- Weight
- 0.45%
- AUM
- 8.22B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.18%
- Price / 1D
- $173.9+0.61%
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETFSPSM- Market value
- 37.4M
- Weight
- 0.22%
- AUM
- 17.03B USD
- Expense ratio
- 0.03%
- Price / 1D
- $57.28+0.61%
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