Brady Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20.4 | 16.5 | 20.1 | 14.7 | 29.0 | 22.7 | 37.5 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 22.2 | 18.0 | 14.5 | – | – | – | 404.0 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 21.9 | |
| 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | |
| 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | |
| 9.0 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 16.3 | – | 266.1 | 17.8 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 14.1 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.8 | |
| 20.8 | 43.1 | 39.0 | 27.0 | 24.6 | 15.6 | 19.7 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 22.6 | 22.8 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 15.9 | 27.2 | 18.1 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 16.1 | 32.9 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 22.1 | 23.4 | |
| 4.8% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 6.4% | 5.1% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 9.9% | 6.6% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 8.7% | 6.3% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 3.0% | 7.4% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 57.8% | 57.9% | 60.3% | 60.9% | 52.9% | 50.4% | 50.5% | 51.6% | 53.1% | 51.6% | 48.2% | 48.9% | 47.8% | 49.5% | 49.0% | 48.0% | 52.6% | 49.8% | 47.7% | 49.9% | 50.1% | 50.1% | 49.9% | 48.8% | 49.0% | 48.5% | 49.4% | 51.3% | 50.3% | 51.7% | |
| 11.8% | 11.3% | 13.4% | 12.8% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 5.8% | 10.7% | 15.0% | 15.4% | 12.6% | 13.6% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 12.1% | 3.0% | -7.4% | -3.4% | 3.0% | 10.5% | 11.8% | 13.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 16.9% | 18.1% | 15.6% | 15.9% | |
| 7.4% | 6.2% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 7.6% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 8.0% | 8.7% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 8.1% | -1.4% | -13.4% | -3.8% | 0.3% | 7.1% | 8.6% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 11.3% | 11.5% | 13.1% | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.4% | |
| 7.3% | 2.4% | 4.3% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 10.4% | 11.9% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 13.1% | 8.5% | 11.0% | 11.0% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 4.1% | 5.7% | 10.9% | 11.6% | 10.3% | 11.1% | 10.5% | 15.6% | 5.8% | 14.3% | 13.1% | 10.1% | 11.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.4% | 12.0% | 15.2% | 16.2% | 9.1% | 8.7% | 6.3% | 12.6% | 16.5% | 14.0% | 12.3% | 12.9% | 7.4% | 8.2% | 9.4% | -1.8% | -18.6% | -6.3% | 0.5% | 13.3% | 13.7% | 12.1% | 15.4% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 16.5% | 17.6% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 15.1% | |
| 10.9% | 9.0% | 11.3% | 11.9% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 4.8% | 7.3% | 9.6% | 7.6% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 5.8% | -1.1% | -10.7% | -3.7% | 0.3% | 7.7% | 9.1% | 8.6% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 9.4% | 11.0% | 12.6% | 13.0% | 10.9% | 11.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -65 | -65 | -73 | -48 | -57 | -72 | -75 | 80 | 53 | 212 | 332 | 199 | 203 | 129 | 3.2 | 10 | 222 | 181 | 139 | 76 | -26 | -76 | -229 | -202 | -92 | -4.1 | -87 | -146 | -59 | -155 | |
| -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -1.2 | -1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | – | 31.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -1.2 | -1.2 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.5 | |
| 70.8% | 74.9% | 74.2% | 73.1% | 77.1% | 77.1% | 75.4% | 58.1% | 58.5% | 54.6% | 52.4% | 55.2% | 60.1% | 57.5% | 62.1% | 62.8% | 57.7% | 58.5% | 55.3% | 57.8% | 66.7% | 71.2% | 73.5% | 75.5% | 69.9% | 66.6% | 71.3% | 70.4% | 68.7% | 73.3% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.46 | 1.06 | 1.64 | 2.07 | 2.00 | 2.41 | 1.33 | 1.55 | 2.04 | -0.34 | -3.01 | -0.89 | 0.06 | 1.58 | 1.84 | 1.73 | 2.46 | 2.11 | 2.47 | 2.90 | 3.51 | 4.07 | 3.94 | 4.30 | |
| 9.77 | 10.11 | 10.37 | 11.81 | 11.80 | 11.08 | 11.87 | 14.04 | 16.38 | 20.21 | 24.89 | 27.76 | 22.86 | 23.78 | 25.21 | 25.25 | 22.45 | 23.62 | 22.82 | 22.07 | 21.43 | 22.35 | 21.77 | 20.31 | 21.84 | 25.21 | 26.71 | 27.66 | 31.47 | 34.80 | |
| 4.74 | 5.18 | 5.74 | 6.36 | 6.54 | 6.95 | 7.25 | 8.44 | 9.97 | 14.81 | 16.28 | 18.62 | 17.99 | 18.98 | 21.76 | 19.24 | 16.19 | 14.13 | 11.44 | 11.89 | 13.48 | 14.32 | 15.96 | 16.21 | 18.38 | 17.64 | 19.87 | 21.99 | 24.79 | 28.43 | |
| 0.71 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.70 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 1.46 | 1.95 | 1.50 | 1.54 | 3.63 | 1.94 | 2.62 | 2.76 | 2.30 | 2.10 | 0.96 | 1.30 | 2.40 | 2.48 | 2.31 | 2.43 | 2.14 | 3.41 | 1.46 | 3.81 | 3.61 | 3.19 | 4.03 | |
Data as of: September 28, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.