BRADY CORPBRC
Market cap
$3.9B
P/E ratio
| Jul 31, 2011 | Jul 31, 2012 | Jul 31, 2013 | Jul 31, 2014 | Jul 31, 2015 | Jul 31, 2016 | Jul 31, 2017 | Jul 31, 2018 | Jul 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2024 | |
| Net income | 109 | -18 | -155 | -46 | 3 | 80 | 96 | 91 | 131 | 112 | 130 | 150 | 175 | 197 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 49 | 44 | 49 | 45 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 30 |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Gain on sale of business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Deferred income taxes | -8 | -10 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | -1 | -9 | -2 | -12 | -9 |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -2 | -3 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Accounts receivable | -8 | -18 | -2 | -4 | -1 | -8 | -1 | 17 | -3 | -14 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 7 |
| Inventories | 3 | 8 | -2 | -13 | 1 | -5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 63 | -15 | -22 |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | -6 | 3 | -5 | -0 | -9 | -0 | -2 | -2 | -0 | -4 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 1 |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 58 | 7 | -9 | 19 |
| Income taxes | 3 | 24 | -8 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 5 | 4 | -5 |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 167 | 145 | 144 | 93 | 93 | 139 | 144 | 143 | 162 | 141 | 206 | 118 | 209 | 255 |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | 21 | 24 | 36 | 43 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 27 | 27 | 43 | 19 | 80 |
| Sale of business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| Other | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | -6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -3 | -0 | -0 | 1 |
| Net cash used in investing activities | -23 | -65 | -326 | 10 | -14 | -15 | -15 | -3 | -34 | -36 | -269 | -43 | -11 | -81 |
| Payment of dividends | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 46 | 45 | 45 |
| Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Payments for employee taxes withheld from stock-based awards | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Purchase of treasury stock | - | 50 | 5 | 31 | - | 24 | - | 1 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 109 | 75 | 72 |
| Proceeds from Lines of Credit | - | - | 220 | 10 | 83 | 96 | 180 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 102 | 244 | 128 | 175 |
| Repayments of Lines of Credit | - | - | 181 | 2 | 32 | 92 | 244 | 78 | 14 | 22 | 64 | 187 | 173 | 134 |
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net cash used in financing activities | -92 | -148 | -33 | -115 | -32 | -100 | -136 | -91 | -28 | -164 | -12 | -102 | -164 | -71 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -3 | 5 | -7 | 3 | -5 |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -61 | -70 | -33 | 37 | 99 |
| Interest | 21 | 19 | -17 | -15 | -11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Income taxes | 36 | 35 | -34 | -33 | -25 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 24 | 30 | 47 | 34 | 59 | 62 |