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Brady Corp. BRC

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$1.5B
▲ 12.8% YoY
$189.3M
▼ 4.0% YoY
$153.6M
▼ 12.3% YoY
In brief

What this company does

Brady manufactures and supplies identification solutions and workplace safety products that identify and protect premises, products and people. As of July 31, 2025, it employed approximately 6,400 individuals worldwide, of which approximately 1,700 were employed in the United States and approximately 4,700 were employed outside the United States. It has a broad customer base, and no individual customer represents 10% or more of total net sales. It is organized and managed on a geographic basis with two reportable segments: Americas & Asia and Europe & Australia. The Americas & Asia segment comprises its operations in North America, South America and Asia. The Europe & Australia segment comprises its operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia. Brady was incorporated under the laws of the state of Wisconsin in 1914.

Written from the business description in BRADY CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 4 September 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 1.5B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 1.5 · Net income 0.2
0.8B200920112013201520172019202120232025
Compound annual growth
+5.1%
+7.0%
+2.6%
+1.2%
+8.1%
+11.0%
+51.4%
+5.7%
+10.9%
+13.4%
+6.4%
−16.3%
−2.9%
+8.2%
+6.2%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +7.0% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +11.0%, earnings per share at +13.4%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
13 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 15.6% · Net 12.5%
10%20%-5%-10%200920112013201520172019202120232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 16.8%
5%10%15%-5%-10%-15%200920112013201520172019202120232025

Each USD of equity produced 17 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 90.2M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 153.6
80M160M200920112013201520172019202120232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 45.5 · Net buybacks 44.7
80M-8M-16MDividendsNet buybacks200920112013201520172019202120232025

USD 45.5M in dividends and USD 44.7M in buybacks — 48% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 1.7B
EquityUSD 1.2B
CashUSD 174.3M
Gross debtUSD 99.8M
Net debtUSD -74.6M
Current ratio1.88×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 17-year record
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B1.51.31.31.31.11.11.21.21.11.11.21.21.21.11.11.31.2
Operating income $B0.20.20.20.20.20.10.20.20.10.10.0−0.0−0.10.20.10.10.1
EBITDA $B0.30.30.30.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.0−0.00.20.20.20.2
Income tax $B0.00.10.10.00.00.00.00.10.00.00.0−0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B0.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.0−0.0−0.2−0.00.10.10.1
Free cash flow $B0.20.20.20.10.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
EPS, diluted $3.944.053.512.892.462.102.451.721.831.58·−0.89−3.02·2.031.55·
Dividend / sh $···········0.780.76····
Payout %242326313541344744511372−88−25−217354551
ROE %16.819.218.416.015.115.518.713.014.713.40.5−5.9−16.8−1.710.18.2·
Shares out B······0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00··

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 67 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 18 of 19 fiscal years. 28 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityMiscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inWisconsin
Fiscal year endsJuly 31
Data on record since2008

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