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Brady Corporation

Rank #94Hypergrowth

BRC · NYSE · Industrials

Brady Corporation (BRC) — Rank #94 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.46) · ROE 15.1% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.

As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000746598 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

About

Brady Corporation manufactures and supplies identification solutions and workplace safety products that identify and protect premises, products, and people in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Australia.

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The company offers safety signs, traffic signs and control products, floor-marking tapes, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, lockout/tagout devices, personal protection equipment, first aid products, and software and services for safety compliance auditing, procedures writing, and training; materials, radio frequency identification and barcode scanners for product identification, direct part marking, engraving equipment, brand protection labeling, work in process labeling, finished product identification, asset tracking labels, asset tags, and industrial track and trace applications; and handheld printers, wire markers, sleeves, and tags. It also provides wristbands, labels, printing systems, and other products used in hospital, laboratory, and other healthcare settings for tracking and improving the safety of patients; and badges, lanyards, rigid card printing systems, and access control software. The company serves industrial manufacturing, electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, oil, gas, alternative energy, automotive, aerospace, governments, mass transit, mechanical contractors, construction, utilities, education, leisure and entertainment, retail and telecommunications, and others. The Company markets and sells its products through multiple channels, including distributors, a direct sales force, and digital channels.

Brady Corporation was incorporated in 1914 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Industry
Security & Protection Services
Sector
Industrials
State
WI
Filer Category
Large accelerated filer
Fiscal Year End
July 31

Financials

Stable

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitydeteriorating
  • Net cashdeteriorating
  • Operating marginstable
  • Return on equitydeteriorating
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Red flags: fcf_ni_divergence_unfavorable — rating capped at Stable

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2021-07-31filed 2021-09-022020-07-31filed 2020-09-162019-07-31filed 2019-09-062018-07-31filed 2019-09-06
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Cash flow

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