---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000746598-24-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRC"
cik: "0000746598"
company_name: "BRADY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:08:44.975093+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brady Q4 FY2024 record EPS $1.15 (+15%); dividend up 2%; $100M buyback added; FY2025 EPS guide $4.15-$4.45

## Summary
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.15 (record), +15% YoY; adjusted EPS $1.19, +14.4%; net income $55.5M vs $49.4M.
- Q4 sales $343.4M (-0.7% total, organic +1.6%); gross margin 51.6% vs 50.8% prior year.
- Full-year FY2024 GAAP EPS $4.07 (+16% YoY); operating cash flow record $255.1M.
- Annual dividend raised to $0.96/share (+2.1%); additional $100M share repurchase authorized.
- FY2025 GAAP EPS guidance $4.15-$4.45; non-GAAP $4.40-$4.70; tax rate ~20%; capex ~$35M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000746598-24-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRC
- cik: 0000746598
- company_name: BRADY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659824000064/0000746598-24-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659824000064/brc-20240904.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000746598-24-000064.txt

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