---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000746598-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRC"
cik: "0000746598"
company_name: "BRADY CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T07:12:19.689615+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brady Q2 sales +19.6% to $318M; adjusted EPS $0.70; FY guidance lowered to $3.00-$3.15

## Summary
- Q2 sales $318.1M (+19.6% YoY); organic sales +13.1%; Identification Solutions growth +26.1%.
- Diluted EPS $0.65 (+10.2% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.70 (+14.8% YoY).
- FY 2022 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $3.00-$3.15 (from $3.12-$3.32) due to inflation and FX headwinds.
- Returned $14.5M to shareholders in Q2 via dividends and buybacks; net cash $64.4M at quarter end.
- Workplace Safety segment returned to organic growth (+5.2%) one quarter ahead of expectations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000746598-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRC
- cik: 0000746598
- company_name: BRADY CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659822000012/0000746598-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659822000012/brc-20220217.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000746598-22-000012.txt

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