“Gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value of the derivatives designated as hedges are recorded as a component of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”) in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and in the consolidated statements of…”10-K · Sep 3, 2026 ↗
Brady Corporation
BRC
Market read
Brady Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Agreement to acquire Honeywell’s Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) business for a base $1.4B cash purchase price, subject to customary adjustments and regulatory approvals.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if BRC's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Agreement to acquire Honeywell’s Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) business for a base $1.4B cash purchase price, subject to customary adjustments and regulatory approvals.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +9.8% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.19x in the latest annual period.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Tariffs and trade policy has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- P/E is 25% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 32% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
87.26Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase in cash used in financing activities was primarily due to net repayments on the Company’s prior credit agreement in the current year, compared to net borrowings in the prior year, which included borrowings used to fund the Gravotech acquisition.”10-K · Sep 3, 2026 ↗
“The increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales was primarily driven by organic sales growth in higher gross margin product lines, as well as the absence of a non-recurring fair value adjustment related to acquisition inventory and facility closure…”10-K · Sep 3, 2026 ↗
“Organic sales growth in higher gross margin product lines also contributed to the increase in both the three and six-month periods, which was partially offset by incremental tariffs in the same periods.”10-Q · Feb 19, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.5× · EV/sales 2.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:45 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for BRC. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for BRC. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind BRC
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
HONHoneywell International Inc.partnerMay 18, 2026 ▾
“Pending Acquisition of the PSS Business On April 20, 2026, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with Honeywell International Inc.”
BTIBritish American Tobacco p.l.c.partnerSep 4, 2025 ▾
“The weighted average interest rate of the USD-denominated, British pound-denominated and Euro-denominated borrowings was 5.3 %, 5.1 % and 2.8 %, respectively, as of July 31, 2025.”
Depended on by
ORAOrmat Technologies, Inc.customerMay 7, 2026 ▾
“In addition to the Puna rates that are impacted by higher commodity prices, the energy payments pursuant to our PPAs for some of our power plants such as the Brady power plant, the Steamboat 2 and 3 power plants and the McGinness Complex increase every year t…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
BRC is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group High-Beta Risk-On. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.