Brady (NYSE:BRC) Releases 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.

Brady Trading Down 9.8 %

NYSE BRC opened at $66.93 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 2.27 and a quick ratio of 1.69. The firm has a market cap of $3.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.23, a P/E/G ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.76. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $74.36 and its 200-day moving average is $69.97. Brady has a one year low of $52.99 and a one year high of $77.68.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, September 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. Brady had a return on equity of 19.84% and a net margin of 14.70%. The company had revenue of $343.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $351.74 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Brady will post 4.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Brady Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, October 10th were issued a dividend of $0.24 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 10th. This is a positive change from Brady’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.43%. Brady’s payout ratio is 23.59%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Brady news, CEO Russell Shaller sold 12,547 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.08, for a total transaction of $916,934.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 102,905 shares in the company, valued at $7,520,297.40. This trade represents a 10.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, General Counsel Andrew Gorman sold 8,736 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.10, for a total transaction of $647,337.60. Following the sale, the general counsel now owns 10,140 shares in the company, valued at $751,374. The trade was a 46.28 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 45,262 shares of company stock valued at $3,371,231. 15.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Brady

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.