Brady (NYSE:BRC) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brady (NYSE:BRC) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.480-4.630 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 4.580. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Brady Trading Up 2.4%

Shares of BRC stock opened at $76.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.25. The firm has a market cap of $3.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.69 and a beta of 0.86. Brady has a 1-year low of $59.84 and a 1-year high of $80.60. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $69.99 and its 200-day simple moving average is $72.49.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 16th. The industrial products company reported $1.22 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.22. Brady had a return on equity of 19.79% and a net margin of 14.19%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.09 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Brady will post 4.55 EPS for the current year.

Brady Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 10th will be given a $0.24 dividend. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. Brady’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 24.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Brady

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Brady stock. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in shares of Brady Co. (NYSE:BRC) by 380.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 6,451 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,108 shares during the quarter. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in Brady were worth $456,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.28% of the company’s stock.

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.