BRCBrady Corporation

Industrials

$85.34+7.6% 1Y

$85.34

$70.9652 weeks$98.30

Is it safe?

Good

Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet, clean books, and quality strong.

4 good, 2 neutral

SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality9 / 9

High fundamental quality Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Insider conviction-$615K

Insiders were net sellers (-$615K, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026), selling is often routine.

Credit gradeAAderived · Jul 31, 2026

Net cash and profitable. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk29% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -36% · now 13% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Jul 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybetter than 76% of the market

Max drawdowntop 5% of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can BRC take a bad year?

Brady Corporation holds $172M more cash than debt, so a bad year is a question about profits, not about lenders.

$172M

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA: net cash
Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings
Altman Z-score: 7.26
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
Interest cover: 27.2×
Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over