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Brady (BRC) Interest Coverage : 68.26 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Brady Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Brady's Operating Income for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $54 Mil. Brady's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1 Mil. Brady's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 68.26. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Brady's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

BRC' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.56   Med: 52.8   Max: 382.44
Current: 80.59


BRC's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
74.84% of 791 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 13.44 vs BRC: 80.59

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Brady Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brady's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Brady Interest Coverage Chart

Brady Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Interest Coverage
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Brady Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.37 83.67 95.02 77.98 68.26

Competitive Comparison of Brady's Interest Coverage

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Brady's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Brady's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Brady's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brady's Interest Coverage falls into.



Brady Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Brady's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023, Brady's Interest Expense was $-4 Mil. Its Operating Income was $225 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $66 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Jul. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Jul. 2023 )
=-1*225.213/-3.539
=63.64

Brady's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Jan. 2024, Brady's Interest Expense was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income was $54 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $61 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*53.926/-0.79
=68.26

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Brady  (NYSE:BRC) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Brady (BRC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6555 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 53223
Brady Corp provides identification solutions and workplace safety products. The company offers identification and healthcare products that are sold under the Brady brand to maintenance, repair, and operations as well as original equipment manufacturing customers. Products include safety signs and labelling systems, material identification systems, wire identification, patient identification, and people identification. Brady also provides workplace safety and compliance products such as safety and compliance signs, asset tracking labels, and first-aid products. The largest end market is the United States.
Executives
Bentley Curran officer: VP Chief Information Officer 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Brett Wilms officer: President - EMEA & Australia 6555 W GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Nancy Lee Gioia director 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE RD., MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Olivier Bojarski officer: President, Identification Soln C/O BELDEN INC., 1 N. BRENTWOOD BOULEVARD, 15TH FLOOR, SAINT LOUIS MO 63105
Frank W Harris director 244 SUMMER ST POLYMER BLDG 603, AKRON OH 53202
Elizabeth P Pungello director 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE RD., MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Russell Shaller director 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE RD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Smee Joanne Collins director XEROX CORPORATION, 201 MERRITT 7, NORWALK CT 06851
Vineet A Nargolwala director 529 PLEASANT STREET, MAIL STATION B-1, ATTLEBORO MA 02703
Andrew Gorman officer: General Counsel&Corp Secretary 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Pascal Deman officer: VP & GM Workplace Safety 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Thomas J Felmer officer: SR VP CFO 6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Louis T Bolognini officer: SR VP - GENERAL COUNSEL P O BOX 9, SUGAR LAND TX 77487
J Michael Nauman director, officer: President & CEO C/O MOLEX INCORPORATED, 2222 WELLINGTON COURT, LISLE IL 60532
Bradley C Richardson director