BRC vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, ENS, POWL, VICR, AMSC, and THR
Should you be buying Brady stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brady include Acuity Brands (AYI), Generac (GNRC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Belden (BDC), Franklin Electric (FELE), EnerSys (ENS), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), American Superconductor (AMSC), and Thermon Group (THR). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.
Brady vs.
Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Brady has a net margin of 14.19% compared to Acuity Brands' net margin of 11.11%. Acuity Brands' return on equity of 19.98% beat Brady's return on equity.
Acuity Brands received 342 more outperform votes than Brady when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Brady an outperform vote.
Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Acuity Brands pays out 5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brady pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Acuity Brands has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Brady has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. Brady is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Acuity Brands presently has a consensus price target of $317.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Acuity Brands' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Brady.
Acuity Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acuity Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brady had 40 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Brady and 3 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Brady's score of 0.32 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Acuity Brands beats Brady on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BRC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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