secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BRADY CORP (BRC)
CIK:        0000746598
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000746598-22-000066
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brady Q4 record GAAP EPS $0.81 (+52.8% YoY); FY23 guidance $3.13-$3.43; dividend raised 2.2%
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- Q4 sales $324M (+5.8% total, +9.0% organic); gross margin 50.4% vs 48.2% prior year.
- Q4 diluted GAAP EPS $0.81 (record high); adjusted EPS $0.87 (+16% YoY).
- Full-year sales $1.30B (+13.7%), GAAP EPS $2.90, adjusted EPS $3.15.
- FY2023 GAAP EPS guidance $3.13-$3.43; adjusted $3.30-$3.60; assumes ~20% tax rate.
- Annual dividend increased to $0.92/share (37th consecutive annual increase); quarterly $0.23 payable Oct 28, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659822000066/0000746598-22-000066-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659822000066/brc-20220830.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000746598-22-000066

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