Brady Corp
BRC NYSE· Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$81.98
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Brady Corp had $1.7B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 9.8% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +7.7% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 15.9%, up 0.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 16 is left after running the business.
- Brady Corp made $205M of net profit in fiscal 2026.
- Free cash flow was $193M in fiscal 2026, 11.6% of revenue.
- Brady Corp returned $88.3M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 46% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.7%.
- Brady Corp has $172M more cash than debt.
Market cap
$3.9B
P/E
—
Revenue
$1.7B
Net income
$205M
Free cash flow
$193M
Operating margin
15.9%
Brady Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2026
Are sales growing?
+9.8%
Yes. Sales grew 9.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
12.4%
Yes. It keeps 12.4% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
11.6%
Yes. 11.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
Net cash
Yes. It has more cash than debt.
How healthy are the accounts?
9 / 9
Solid. It passes 9 of 9 health tests.
What Brady Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- July 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Sep 3, 2026
- Legal name
- BRADY CORP
- CIK
- 0000746598
Brady Corp · BRC
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.7B |
| Revenue growth | 13.7% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 12.8% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 49.4% | 51.3% | 50.3% | 51.7% |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 16.9% | 18.1% | 15.6% | 15.9% |
| Net income | $150M | $175M | $197M | $189M | $205M |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 13.1% | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.4% |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $118M | $209M | $255M | $181M | $244M |
| Capital expenditure | $43.1M | $19.2M | $79.9M | $27.6M | $51.5M |
| Free cash flow | $75.3M | $190M | $175M | $154M | $193M |
| FCF margin | 5.8% | 14.3% | 13.1% | 10.1% | 11.6% |
| Dividends paid | $45.9M | $45.4M | $45.1M | $45.5M | $46.1M |
| Share buybacks | $109M | $75.0M | $72.2M | $50.8M | $42.2M |
| Share count change | −1.4% | −3.5% | −2.8% | −0.8% | −0.7% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $114M | $152M | $250M | $174M | $187M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | — | $90.9M | $99.8M | $15.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $911M | $991M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | — | −0.6x | −0.3x | −0.6x |
| Current ratio | 2.0x | 2.0x | 2.3x | 1.9x | 1.9x |
| Interest coverage | 151.3x | 63.6x | 77.9x | 49.9x | 27.2x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | — | — | 21.3% | 16.9% | 17.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.0% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 16.8% | 16.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 59.9% | 52.0% | 46.4% | 46.2% | 35.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Altman Z'' | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$1.0M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$6.7M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Brady Corp · BRC
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
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Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $81.98 a share, the company is worth $3.9B.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000746598). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.