How to buy Brady Corporation stock | $49.35

Brady Corporation is a security & protection services business based in the US. Brady Corporation shares (BRC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Brady Corporation employs 5,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Brady Corporation stock price (NYSE: BRC)

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Brady Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-09-19.

Latest market close	$49.35
52-week range	$37.02 - $61.51
50-day moving average	$52.41
200-day moving average	$54.78
Wall St. target price	$67.00
PE ratio	19.6905
Dividend yield	$0.88 (1.77%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$2.46

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Brady Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $49.35 from 2021-09-17

1 week (2021-09-10)	-1.97%
1 month (2021-08-19)	-4.10%
3 months (2021-06-18)	-10.35%
6 months (2021-03-19)	-10.50%

1 year (2020-09-18)	17.67%
2 years (2019-09-19)	-8.03%
3 years (2018-09-19)	11.78%
5 years (2016-09-19)	41.81%

Is Brady Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Brady Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Brady Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Brady Corporation's P/E ratio

Brady Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 20x. In other words, Brady Corporation shares trade at around 20x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Brady Corporation's PEG ratio

Brady Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.5. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Brady Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Brady Corporation's EBITDA

Brady Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $192.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Brady Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Brady Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$1.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.6%
Gross profit TTM	$561.4 million
Return on assets TTM	8.29%
Return on equity TTM	1411.17%
Profit margin	11.33%
Book value	$18.50
Market capitalisation	$2.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Brady Corporation shares

There are currently 852,136 Brady Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Brady Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 3% down from 878,381 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Brady Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Brady Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Brady Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Brady Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Brady Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 126617.53343239). Brady Corporation's SIR currently stands at 6.73. In other words for every 100,000 Brady Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6730 shares are currently held short.

However Brady Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Brady Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Brady Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Brady Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Brady Corporation shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0181% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Brady Corporation shares, roughly 18 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Brady Corporation.

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Brady Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 33.52% of net profits

Recently Brady Corporation has paid out, on average, around 33.52% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.82% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Brady Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 1.82% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Brady Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.88 per share.

While Brady Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Brady Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Brady Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 28 October 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 October 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Brady Corporation's shares ever split?

Brady Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 January 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Brady Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Brady Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Brady Corporation's share price.

Brady Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Brady Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $37.0176 up to $61.5121. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Brady Corporation's is 0.8226. This would suggest that Brady Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Brady Corporation overview

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 IDS segment offers safety signs, floor-marking tapes, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, and lockout/tagout devices for facility identification and protection; materials, printing systems, RFID and bar code scanners for product identification, brand protection labeling, work in process labeling, and finished product identification; and hand-held printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags for wire identification, as well as software and services for safety compliance auditing, procedure writing, and training. Its products also comprise name tags, badges, lanyards, rigid card printing systems, and access control software for people identification; wristbands and labels for tracking and enhancing the safety of patients; and custom wristbands. This segment serves customers in various industries, such as industrial and electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, oil, gas, automotive, aerospace, governments, mass transit, electrical contractors, education, leisure and entertainment, telecommunications, and others through distributors, direct sales, catalog marketing, and digital channels. The WPS segment provides workplace safety and compliance products, such as safety and compliance signs, tags, labels, and markings; informational signage and markings; asset tracking labels; first aid products; facility safety and personal protection equipment; and labor law and other compliance posters for various industries, including process, government, education, construction, and utilities, as well as manufacturers through catalog and digital channels. It also offers stock and custom identification products, as well as sells related resale products. Brady Corporation was incorporated in 1914 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Brady Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 3.719% of Brady Corporation shares are held by insiders and 86.921% by institutions. How many people work for Brady Corporation?
Latest data suggests 5,700 work at Brady Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Brady Corporation?
Brady Corporation's fiscal year ends in July. Where is Brady Corporation based?
Brady Corporation's address is: 6555 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 53223 What is Brady Corporation's ISIN number?
Brady Corporation's international securities identification number is: US1046741062 What is Brady Corporation's CUSIP number?
Brady Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 104674106