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Brady (BRC) Competitors

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$71.58 +0.17 (+0.24%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

BRC vs. AYI, GNRC, ENPH, BDC, FELE, ENS, POWL, VICR, THR, and AMSC

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), Thermon Group (THR), and American Superconductor (AMSC). These companies are all part of the "electrical components & equipment" industry.

Brady vs.

Brady (NYSE:BRC) and Acuity Brands (NYSE:AYI) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Brady has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acuity Brands has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Acuity Brands has a consensus price target of $317.60, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Acuity Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acuity Brands is more favorable than Brady.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Brady
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Acuity Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Acuity Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Brady pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acuity Brands pays out 5.2% 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. Brady has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years and Acuity Brands has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Brady is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Brady had 18 more articles in the media than Acuity Brands. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Brady and 16 mentions for Acuity Brands. Acuity Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Brady's score of 0.47 indicating that Acuity Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Brady
8 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Acuity Brands
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Brady$1.46B2.34$197.21M$4.0417.72
Acuity Brands$3.96B2.10$422.60M$13.1920.43

76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Acuity Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 15.6% of Brady shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Acuity Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Brady14.19% 19.79% 14.03%
Acuity Brands 11.11%19.98%12.44%

Acuity Brands received 343 more outperform votes than Brady when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.67% of users gave Acuity Brands an outperform vote while only 66.96% of users gave Brady an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BradyOutperform Votes
375
66.96%
Underperform Votes
185
33.04%
Acuity BrandsOutperform Votes
718
67.67%
Underperform Votes
343
32.33%

Summary

Acuity Brands beats Brady on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BRC vs. The Competition

MetricBradymanufacturing industries IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.41B$2.22B$7.72B$19.70B
Dividend Yield1.34%2.71%4.58%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.5913.8924.0035.13
Price / Sales2.342.0392.2636.36
Price / Cash15.148.1826.8917.51
Price / Book3.192.784.014.78
Net Income$197.21M$95.48M$805.86M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.73%-0.98%1.44%1.62%
1 Month Performance7.25%16.07%12.26%13.00%
1 Year Performance18.77%8.67%18.41%5.59%

Brady Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRC
Brady
2.7784 of 5 stars
$71.58
+0.2%
N/A+18.2%$3.41B$1.46B17.595,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.2304 of 5 stars
$271.30
+5.7%
$317.60
+17.1%
+2.9%$8.38B$3.96B19.9813,200News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
GNRC
Generac
4.597 of 5 stars
$127.15
+5.0%
$167.20
+31.5%
-15.9%$7.51B$4.35B23.559,500Positive News
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.7521 of 5 stars
$47.94
-5.6%
$70.54
+47.1%
-56.8%$6.29B$1.42B64.782,820Positive News
High Trading Volume
BDC
Belden
4.6834 of 5 stars
$112.37
+5.4%
$126.20
+12.3%
+17.9%$4.44B$2.55B23.368,000Positive News
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.5072 of 5 stars
$89.69
+3.2%
$94.00
+4.8%
-10.9%$4.09B$2.02B23.306,500News Coverage
Positive News
ENS
EnerSys
3.8237 of 5 stars
$98.64
+5.9%
$117.50
+19.1%
+0.8%$3.89B$3.55B12.2111,400Positive News
POWL
Powell Industries
3.8925 of 5 stars
$187.90
+7.5%
$312.00
+66.0%
+9.8%$2.27B$1.08B14.272,170Gap Up
VICR
Vicor
1.6752 of 5 stars
$43.91
+6.7%
$43.00
-2.1%
+28.8%$1.98B$369.15M84.441,090
THR
Thermon Group
3.7273 of 5 stars
$30.00
+4.6%
$38.00
+26.6%
-14.8%$1.01B$491.78M22.061,230News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.9061 of 5 stars
$22.80
+5.6%
$33.67
+47.7%
+72.1%$899.69M$198.19M325.76330News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:BRC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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