Brady Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:BRC)

Brady trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BRC."

Brady declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.218 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $0.87 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 9th. This is a positive change from Brady's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Brady's Dividend History.

Brady Corp (NYSE:BRC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, September, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.07. The industrial products company had revenue of $295.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $298.90 million. Brady had a net margin of 11.31% and a return on equity of 16.15%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.66 EPS. View Brady's Earnings History.

Brady is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Brady.

Brady updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 21st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.50-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.57.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Brady's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Brady's stock price to reach $47.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Brady.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brady in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Brady.

News headlines about BRC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Brady earned a coverage optimism score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Brady.

Brady saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,780,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the September 30th total of 1,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 260,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.8 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Brady's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Brady include Emerson Electric (EMR), Eaton (ETN), Roper Technologies (ROP), Rockwell Automation (ROK), AMETEK (AME), Generac (GNRC), Acuity Brands (AYI), Regal Beloit (RBC), EnerSys (ENS), Franklin Electric (FELE), Belden (BDC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), II-VI (IIVI), Vicor (VICR) and Encore Wire (WIRE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Brady investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Procter & Gamble (PG), Adobe (ADBE), Dow Chemical (DOW), Walmart (WMT), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), AbbVie (ABBV), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Nucor (NUE).

Brady's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.57%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.92%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.28%), BRYN MAWR TRUST Co (0.26%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.23%). Company insiders that own Brady stock include Bentley Curran, Bradley C Richardson, Elizabeth P Bruno, Frank W Harris, Helena Regina Nelligan, J Michael Nauman, Louis T Bolognini, Russell Shaller and Thomas J Felmer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Brady.

BRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sawgrass Asset Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Chicago Equity Partners LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Alps Advisors Inc., BRYN MAWR TRUST Co and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold Brady company stock in the last year include Bentley Curran, Bradley C Richardson, Elizabeth P Bruno, Frank W Harris, Helena Regina Nelligan, J Michael Nauman, Louis T Bolognini, Russell Shaller and Thomas J Felmer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brady.

BRC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brady.

Shares of BRC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.33.

Brady has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion and generates $1.16 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $131.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 on an earnings per share basis. Brady employs 6,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Brady.

The official website for Brady is http://www.bradycorp.com/.

Brady's mailing address is 6555 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee WI, 53223. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 414-358-6600 or via email at [email protected]