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Brady Corporation BRC
$84.78 +0.76% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.99B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 16, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.66B, up 9.8% from a year earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $103.6M (cash above total debt).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.29, up 9.2% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 50%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 20%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 15%
- Gross marginTop 10%
- Operating marginTop 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
- Interest coverTop 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 46%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 33%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 43%
- 6-month returnTop 49%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 8%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.1% | 9.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8.2% | 9.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 51.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.6% | 15.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 11.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.8% | 11.1% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.2% | 8.2% | ↑ | Bottom 50% |
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 50.3% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 15.6% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 12.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.6% | 10.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.8% | — | Top 15% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.7% | — | Top 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.19×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 36.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.16%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.77%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.93%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 20%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +0.7% | +0.2% | -4.7% | -6.7% | — |
| May 18, 2026 | +11.1% | +19.0% | +23.3% | +19.2% | +34.0% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | +0.0% | -2.2% | -3.7% | -12.1% | -25.3% |
| Nov 17, 2025 | +1.7% | -2.4% | +3.8% | +8.0% | +28.5% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | +7.7% | +6.5% | +0.8% | +0.6% | +2.9% |
| May 16, 2025 | +0.0% | -6.2% | -8.4% | -10.9% | -5.9% |
| Feb 21, 2025 | -2.9% | -6.8% | -2.4% | -4.4% | -4.1% |
| Nov 18, 2024 | +1.8% | -5.5% | -1.9% | +3.3% | -1.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $1.48 | $1.47 | +0.7% | $436.9M |
| May 18, 2026 | $1.50 | $1.35 | +11.1% | $435.2M |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $1.09 | $1.09 | +0.0% | $384.1M |
| Nov 17, 2025 | $1.21 | $1.19 | +1.7% | $405.3M |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.17 | +7.7% | $397.3M |
| May 16, 2025 | $1.22 | $1.22 | +0.0% | $382.6M |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $1.00 | $1.03 | -2.9% | $356.7M |
| Nov 18, 2024 | $1.12 | $1.10 | +1.8% | $377.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.8× | 17.7× | 76th | Top 19% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.4× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 2.34× | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.82% | — | — | Top 32% |
| Earnings yield | 5.06% | — | — | Top 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.5× – 21.9× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +8.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +9.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.2%
- RSI (14)
- 41.9
- Relative volume
- 1.39×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 19.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 18th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.52
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -26.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | -31.6% | 329 days | 317 days (Jan 2, 2024) |
| Feb 13, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | -26.3% | 63 days | 48 days (Jul 27, 2026) |
| Nov 11, 2024 | Apr 7, 2025 | -16.3% | 99 days | 98 days (Aug 27, 2025) |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | -15.9% | 34 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | -15.4% | 15 days | 21 days (Mar 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.99B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.29
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.66B
- Dividend yield
- 1.45%
- 52-week range
- $70.57 – $99.29
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.30B | $1.33B | $1.34B | $1.51B | $1.66B |
| Gross profit | $631.6M | $657.3M | $687.9M | $760.8M | $859.8M |
| Operating income | $193.0M | $225.2M | $243.4M | $236.6M | $263.5M |
| Net income | $150.0M | $174.9M | $197.2M | $189.3M | $205.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.90 | $3.51 | $4.05 | $3.92 | $4.29 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $377.1M | $356.7M | $382.6M | $397.3M | $405.3M | $384.1M | $435.2M | $436.9M |
| Net income | $46.8M | $40.3M | $52.3M | $49.9M | $53.9M | $48.1M | $57.8M | $45.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.97 | $0.83 | $1.09 | $1.04 | $1.13 | $0.99 | $1.21 | $0.96 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $118.4M | $209.1M | $255.1M | $181.2M | $244.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$43.1M | -$19.2M | -$79.9M | -$27.6M | -$51.5M |
| Free cash flow | $75.3M | $189.9M | $175.2M | $153.6M | $192.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$45.9M | -$45.4M | -$45.1M | -$45.5M | -$46.1M |
| Net share buybacks | -$109.2M | -$75.0M | -$72.2M | -$44.7M | -$30.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $187.1M
- Total assets
- $1.85B
- Total liabilities
- $494.4M
- Total debt
- $83.6M
- Net debt
- -$103.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.36B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.25 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | $0.25 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $0.25 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Jan 9, 2026 | $0.25 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2025 | $0.25 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $0.24 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Apr 9, 2025 | $0.24 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Jan 10, 2025 | $0.24 | Jan 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,005,477
- Days to cover
- 3.43
- Change vs previous report
- +36.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jan 3, 2005
- 2-for-1
- Dec 18, 1995
- 3-for-1
- Nov 3, 1986
- 2-for-1