Brady (NYSE:BRC) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Brady has updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance, projecting earnings per share (EPS) between 4.850-5.150, just below the consensus estimate of 4.920.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.245, raising its annualized dividend to $0.98, which reflects a yield of 1.3%.
• Brady's stock has received upgrades from analysts, notably being raised to a "strong-buy" rating by Sidoti and has an average rating of "Strong Buy" according to MarketBeat.

Brady (NYSE:BRC - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.850-5.150 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.920. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Sidoti upgraded Brady to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, May 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Brady from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Strong Buy".

Brady Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BRC traded down $1.66 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $80.30. 196,906 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 222,532. The business's fifty day moving average price is $72.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $70.67. The company has a market cap of $3.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.43 and a beta of 0.83. Brady has a 12-month low of $62.70 and a 12-month high of $84.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

Brady (NYSE:BRC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, September 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.24 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $397.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $384.67 million. Brady had a return on equity of 19.29% and a net margin of 12.50%.Brady's quarterly revenue was up 15.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.19 EPS. Brady has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.850-5.150 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Brady will post 4.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Brady Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 31st. Investors of record on Friday, October 10th will be given a $0.245 dividend. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. This is a positive change from Brady's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. Brady's dividend payout ratio is presently 24.94%.

Institutional Trading of Brady

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of BRC. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in Brady by 380.3% in the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 6,451 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $456,000 after buying an additional 5,108 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC lifted its position in Brady by 1,256.9% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 185,182 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $13,081,000 after purchasing an additional 171,535 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Brady by 282.3% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,644 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $116,000 after purchasing an additional 1,214 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its position in Brady by 7.4% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 126,953 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $8,968,000 after purchasing an additional 8,716 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Brady by 89.0% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 684 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 322 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors 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.