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$77.94 -0.14 (-0.18%)
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BRC vs. ALLE, GNRC, AYI, BDC, ENPH, FELE, ENS, POWL, VICR, and AMSC

Should you be buying Brady stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brady include Allegion (ALLE), Generac (GNRC), Acuity (AYI), Belden (BDC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Franklin Electric (FELE), Enersys (ENS), Powell Industries (POWL), Vicor (VICR), and American Superconductor (AMSC).

Brady vs. Its Competitors

Allegion (NYSE:ALLE) and Brady (NYSE:BRC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Allegion has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brady has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Allegion has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Brady's net margin of 13.35%. Allegion's return on equity of 42.62% beat Brady's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Allegion16.15% 42.62% 14.55%
Brady 13.35%19.57%13.58%

92.2% of Allegion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Brady shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Allegion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Brady shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Allegion pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Brady pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Allegion pays out 28.3% 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. Allegion has increased its dividend for 11 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.

Allegion has higher revenue and earnings than Brady. Brady is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allegion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Allegion$3.77B3.82$597.50M$7.2023.33
Brady$1.46B2.53$197.21M$4.0419.29

In the previous week, Allegion and Allegion both had 17 articles in the media. Allegion's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Brady's score of 0.56 indicating that Allegion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Allegion
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brady
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Allegion currently has a consensus price target of $166.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.74%. Given Allegion's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Allegion is more favorable than Brady.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Allegion
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Brady
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Summary

Allegion beats Brady on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRC vs. The Competition

MetricBradyPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.69B$2.18B$7.61B$21.20B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.85%4.55%3.48%
P/E Ratio19.2920.01304.5429.02
Price / Sales2.534.28212.6650.28
Price / Cash15.8575.6327.7618.29
Price / Book3.489.884.414.57
Net Income$197.21M$110.19M$798.54M$999.06M
7 Day Performance2.12%-3.05%-0.96%-0.01%
1 Month Performance10.94%1.28%1.25%6.50%
1 Year Performance5.27%29.27%26.60%11.34%

Brady Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRC
Brady
3.292 of 5 stars
$77.94
-0.2%
N/A+5.5%$3.69B$1.46B19.295,700Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ALLE
Allegion
4.7031 of 5 stars
$170.03
-1.3%
$166.75
-1.9%
+22.2%$14.60B$3.88B23.6214,400Positive News
GNRC
Generac
4.2836 of 5 stars
$193.27
-0.7%
$170.06
-12.0%
+18.2%$11.34B$4.41B32.119,239Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
AYI
Acuity
4.1661 of 5 stars
$325.96
-0.2%
$340.60
+4.5%
+27.9%$9.99B$3.84B25.6913,200
BDC
Belden
4.2528 of 5 stars
$130.70
-0.3%
$136.50
+4.4%
+21.4%$5.18B$2.46B23.687,500Positive News
Gap Down
ENPH
Enphase Energy
4.9083 of 5 stars
$38.23
+0.1%
$55.48
+45.1%
-68.9%$5.00B$1.33B29.872,781Positive News
Gap Down
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.6635 of 5 stars
$98.40
-1.2%
$107.00
+8.7%
-5.8%$4.38B$2.02B25.436,300Positive News
ENS
Enersys
3.8339 of 5 stars
$101.42
-0.6%
$118.33
+16.7%
+1.4%$3.80B$3.62B11.5810,858Positive News
POWL
Powell Industries
3.5958 of 5 stars
$258.36
-1.7%
$312.00
+20.8%
+59.0%$3.12B$1.01B17.943,187Positive News
VICR
Vicor
2.6489 of 5 stars
$50.70
-0.5%
$43.00
-15.2%
+32.8%$2.28B$424.35M34.731,100News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AMSC
American Superconductor
1.7725 of 5 stars
$49.58
-2.2%
$33.67
-32.1%
+146.8%$2.24B$222.82M127.13330News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:BRC) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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