secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BRADY CORP (BRC)
CIK:        0000746598
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000746598-23-000133
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brady Q1 EPS $0.97 beats prior year; organic sales +2.7%; guidance reaffirmed
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- Sales $332.0M (+2.9% YoY); organic +2.7% with Americas & Asia +3.3% and Europe & Australia +1.4%
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.97 (+22.8% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.00 (+19.0% YoY)
- Gross margin expanded to 51.7% from 48.1%; operating income $59.4M (+18%)
- Returned $25.5M to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases in Q1
- FY2024 guidance unchanged: GAAP EPS $3.70-$3.95; adjusted EPS $3.85-$4.10; capex ~$75M

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659823000133/0000746598-23-000133-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659823000133/brc-20231115.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000746598-23-000133

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