Brady (NYSE:BRC) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brady (NYSE:BRC) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. 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 Price Performance

NYSE:BRC opened at $70.20 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $74.31 and its 200 day moving average is $70.05. Brady has a 12 month low of $52.99 and a 12 month high of $77.68. The company has a market capitalization of $3.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 2.27, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) last posted its earnings results on Friday, September 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $343.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $351.74 million. Brady had a return on equity of 19.84% and a net margin of 14.70%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.04 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast 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 given a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 10th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.37%. This is a positive change from Brady’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Brady’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.59%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Russell Shaller sold 21,128 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.30, for a total transaction of $1,590,938.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 102,150 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,691,895. The trade was a 17.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, General Counsel Andrew Gorman sold 8,736 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.10, for a total transaction of $647,337.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the general counsel now directly owns 10,140 shares in the company, valued at $751,374. This represents a 46.28 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 45,262 shares of company stock valued at $3,371,231 in the last ninety days. 15.60% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.