---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000746598-25-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRC"
cik: "0000746598"
company_name: "BRADY CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:32:10.521556+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brady Q1 sales up 7.5% to $405.3M; adj. EPS $1.21; raises low end of FY26 guidance

## Summary
- Organic sales grew 2.8%; acquisitions added 3.2%; FX added 1.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.13 (+16.5% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.21 (+8.0%).
- Cash flow from operations rose 42.5% to $33.4M; net cash position $66.8M.
- FY2026 adj. EPS guidance low end raised to $4.90 from $4.85; range now $4.90-$5.15.
- Closed Mecco acquisition in laser marking systems; Americas & Asia organic sales +4.7%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000746598-25-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRC
- cik: 0000746598
- company_name: BRADY CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659825000059/0000746598-25-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746598/000074659825000059/brc-20251117.htm

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