Brady (NYSE:BRC) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.03 EPS

Brady (NYSE:BRC) released its earnings results on Friday. The industrial products company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.03 by ($0.03), RTT News reports. Brady had a return on equity of 19.79% and a net margin of 14.19%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 earnings per share. Brady updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.450-4.700 EPS.

Brady Stock Performance

BRC traded down $5.17 during trading on Friday, reaching $69.41. 175,785 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 218,309. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $74.18 and a 200 day moving average of $73.81. The stock has a market cap of $3.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.06 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. Brady has a 52 week low of $56.09 and a 52 week high of $77.68.

Brady Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, January 10th were given a dividend of $0.24 per share. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 10th. Brady’s dividend payout ratio is presently 23.59%.

Brady Company Profile

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.