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 5,600 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.3 billion.
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| Latest market close | $70.93 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $47.84 - $70.83 |
| 50-day moving average | $65.44 |
| 200-day moving average | $59.66 |
| Wall St. target price | $76.00 |
| PE ratio | 17.844 |
| Dividend yield | $0.935 (1.35%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.91 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $70.93 from 2024-07-23
| 1 week (2024-07-18) | 1.97% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-25) | 7.63% |
| 3 months (2024-04-25) | 18.22% |
| 6 months (2024-01-25) | 18.06% |
| 1 year (2023-07-25) | 37.33% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-25) | 48.92% |
| 3 years (2021-07-23) | 30.79% |
| 5 years (2019-07-25) | 45.09% |
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 current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 18x. In other words, Brady Corporation shares trade at around 18x 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 "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 (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $269.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Brady Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 18.51% |
| Gross profit TTM | $657.3 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.68% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.95% |
| Profit margin | 14.22% |
| Book value | $21.53 |
| Market Capitalization | $3.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 23.15% of net profits
Recently Brady Corporation has paid out, on average, around 23.15% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.35% 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 1.35% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Brady Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.935 per share.
While Brady Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Brady Corporation is investing more in its future growth.
Brady Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 30 July 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 July 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
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.
Over the last 12 months, Brady Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $47.8429 up to $70.83. 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 0.767. This would suggest that Brady Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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. It also provides name tags, badges, lanyards, rigid card printing systems, and access control software for people identification; and wristbands, labels, printing systems, and other products for tracking and improving the safety of patients. In addition, the company offers workplace safety, identification, and compliance products, such as safety and compliance signs, tags, labels, and markings; informational signage and markings; asset tracking labels; facility safety and personal protection equipment; first-aid products; and other compliance products for process, government, education, construction, and utilities industries. Further, it provides stock and custom identification products; and sells related resale products. The company serves industrial and electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, oil, gas, automotive, aerospace, governments, mass transit, electrical contractors, education, leisure and entertainment, telecommunications, and other industries through distributors, direct sales force, and digital channels. Brady Corporation was incorporated in 1914 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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