Brady (NYSE:BRC) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brady (NYSE:BRC) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.400-4.700 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.590. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Brady also updated its FY25 guidance to $4.40-$4.70 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of Brady from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 11th.

Brady Price Performance

NYSE BRC opened at $70.20 on Tuesday. Brady has a one year low of $52.99 and a one year high of $77.68. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $74.31 and a 200 day moving average of $70.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a current ratio of 2.27. The company has a market capitalization of $3.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.25, a PEG ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.76.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, September 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $343.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $351.74 million. Brady had a net margin of 14.70% and a return on equity of 19.84%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Brady will post 4.55 EPS for the current year.

Brady Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 10th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 10th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.37%. This is a positive change from Brady’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Brady’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.59%.

Insider Transactions at Brady

In other Brady news, COO Thomas F. Debruine sold 2,851 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.77, for a total transaction of $216,020.27. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now owns 9,727 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $737,014.79. The trade was a 22.67 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Russell Shaller sold 12,547 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.08, for a total value of $916,934.76. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 102,905 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,520,297.40. This trade represents a 10.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 45,262 shares of company stock worth $3,371,231 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 15.60% of the company’s stock.

Brady Company Profile

Brady Corporation manufactures and supplies identification solutions (IDS) and workplace safety (WPS) products to identify and protect premises, products, and people in the United States and internationally. The company offers materials, printing systems, RFID, and bar code scanners for product identification, brand protection labeling, work in process labeling, finished product identification, and industrial track and trace applications; safety signs, floor-marking tapes, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, lockout/tagout device, and software and services for safety compliance auditing, procedure writing, and training; and hand-held printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags for wire identification.