Brady (NYSE:BRC) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.03 EPS

Brady (NYSE:BRC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The industrial products company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.03 by ($0.03), RTT News reports. Brady had a return on equity of 19.79% and a net margin of 14.19%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. Brady updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.450-4.700 EPS.

Brady Stock Performance

NYSE:BRC traded down $4.69 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $69.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 159,710 shares, compared to its average volume of 217,980. The firm has a market cap of $3.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.30 and a beta of 0.76. Brady has a fifty-two week low of $56.09 and a fifty-two week high of $77.68. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $74.18 and its 200-day moving average is $73.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.25.

Brady Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th were issued a $0.24 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.37%. Brady’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.59%.

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.