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Brady Corporation (BRC)

NYSE / Industrials / Security & Protection Services

Share price

84.03 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

3.94B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Sep 3, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
17, FY2009 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

16.6% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

19.54x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

4.8% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 1.11B USDFY2017 Net income: 95.6M USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.17B USDFY2018 Net income: 91.1M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.16B USDFY2019 Net income: 131.3M USDFY2020 Revenue: 1.08B USDFY2020 Net income: 112.4M USDFY2021 Revenue: 1.14B USDFY2021 Net income: 129.7M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.30B USDFY2022 Net income: 150.0M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.33B USDFY2023 Net income: 174.9M USDFY2024 Revenue: 1.34B USDFY2024 Net income: 197.2M USDFY2025 Revenue: 1.51B USDFY2025 Net income: 189.3M USDFY2026 Revenue: 1.66B USDFY2026 Net income: 205.4M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
8 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 19.54x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 15.00x and 25.00x.

Today, against the Industrials sector (412 companies), 19.54x sits at the 37th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 15.04x to 38.40x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 16.6% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Above the cost of capital" (12.0% to 20.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Industrials sector (316 companies), 16.6% sits at the 79th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 3.4% to 15.3%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 27.17x in FY2026, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether Brady Corporation's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Industrials sector, year by year. (FY2023 to FY2025, 3 fiscal years of Brady Corporation with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Brady Corporation's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Brady Corporation)
What could explain it
What in Brady Corporation's filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines Brady Corporation filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Brady Corporation, and where in its filings. (3 questions for Brady Corporation)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Brady Corporation's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (16 of sixteen figures read for Brady Corporation)

These are BRC’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, accession 0000746598-26-000044.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Brady Corporation: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax16.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Return on equity15.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Return on capital employed, pre-tax17.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Return on assets11.1% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Gross margin51.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Operating margin15.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Net margin12.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
BRC 12.4%
GEO 9.7%BCO 3.8%ADT 11.6%MSA 14.9%REZI -7.0%
-7.0%14.9%
Net margin: BRC against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Brady Corporation: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.06 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Current ratio1.94 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Quick ratio1.30 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Interest coverage27.17x ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Altman Z-score7.57 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Net debt-103.6M ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Total assets 1.85BTotal liabilities 494.4MShareholders' equity 1.36BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Brady Corporation owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044).

Brady Corporation: balance sheet position
Total assets1.85B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Total liabilities494.4M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Shareholders' equity1.36B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Cash187.1M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Total debt83.6M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Net debt-103.6M
Current ratio1.94
Debt to equity0.06

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Brady Corporation: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings19.54x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
P/E on trailing twelve months
Why n/a

A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 2 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book2.96x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Price to sales2.41x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Enterprise value to EBIT14.84x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Enterprise value to EBITDA12.68x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Diluted earnings per share
Why n/a

The FY2026 filing carries no diluted earnings per share we could read.

n/a FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Graham number
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value BRC on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Brady Corporation today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Brady Corporation: valuation
Share price84.03 USD
Market capitalisation3.94B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDA12.68x
Graham numbern/a
Diluted earnings per sharen/a

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 2 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

Companies like Brady Corporation

  1. The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO)Market cap 3.86B USD
  2. The Brink's Company (BCO)Market cap 4.30B USD
  3. ADT Inc. (ADT)Market cap 5.01B USD
  4. MSA Safety Incorporated (MSA)Market cap 7.02B USD
  5. Resideo Technologies, Inc. (REZI)Market cap 2.52B USD

Same industry (Security & Protection Services) and size band (Mid, 2B to 10B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Brady Corporation: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield4.8% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Free cash flow192.7M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Free cash flow margin11.6% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Dividend yield1.2% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Payout ratio22.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
FY2017 Free cash flow: 128.9M USDFY2017 Net income: 95.6M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 121.3M USDFY2018 Net income: 91.1M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 129.4M USDFY2019 Net income: 131.3M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 113.7M USDFY2020 Net income: 112.4M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 178.5M USDFY2021 Net income: 129.7M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 75.3M USDFY2022 Net income: 150.0M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 189.9M USDFY2023 Net income: 174.9M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 175.2M USDFY2024 Net income: 197.2M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 153.6M USDFY2025 Net income: 189.3M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 192.7M USDFY2026 Net income: 205.4M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filing

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Brady Corporation: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
19.54xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
2.96xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
14.84xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.8%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
16.6%FY2026Sep 3, 2026
1.2%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
0.06FY2026Sep 3, 2026
1.94FY2026Sep 3, 2026
2.41xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed income statement reports no earnings per share.
7.57FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-2.38FY2026Sep 3, 2026
9/9FY2026Sep 3, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 17 filed fiscal years on record, FY2009 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Brady Corporation filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Brady Corporation: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20261.66B263.5M205.4Mn/a192.7M15.9%15.1%10-K, Sep 3, 20260000746598-26-000044
FY20251.51B236.6M189.3Mn/a153.6M15.6%15.9%10-K, Sep 4, 20250000746598-25-000045
FY20241.34B243.4M197.2Mn/a175.2M18.1%18.5%10-K, Sep 6, 20240000746598-24-000065
FY20231.33B225.2M174.9Mn/a189.9M16.9%17.6%10-K, Sep 5, 20230000746598-23-000058
FY20221.30B193.0M150.0Mn/a75.3M14.8%16.5%10-K, Sep 1, 20220000746598-22-000067
FY20211.14B167.1M129.7Mn/a178.5M14.6%13.5%10-K, Sep 2, 20210000746598-21-000102
FY20201.08B138.0M112.4Mn/a113.7M12.8%14.9%10-K, Sep 16, 20200000746598-20-000097
FY20191.16B162.4M131.3Mn/a129.4M14.0%18.8%10-K, Sep 6, 20190000746598-19-000128
FY20181.17B152.7M91.1Mn/a121.3M13.0%13.0%10-K, Sep 13, 20180000746598-18-000086
FY20171.11B131.0M95.6Mn/a128.9M11.8%13.7%10-K, Sep 13, 20170000746598-17-000082
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 4.5%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 8.9%
  • Earnings per share: Fewer than two filed years carry earnings per share.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 4.6%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Brady Corporation: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.38 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Piotroski F-score9/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0000746598-26-000044
Named tests met8 of 30 Computed
Beta0.51 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 8 met, 19 not met, 3 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
Three forensic scores; High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); Low beta, profitable; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Cash-covered dividend; Clean books, high ROIC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); EV/EBITDA and coverage; High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt. A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(4)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: The latest filed year has no per-share earnings we can read; the test needs 10.
  • PEG Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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Next step

What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 4 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, PEG Ratio, Eps Growth 5Y. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 3 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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