TTM
16.2%
YoY change
−2.51pp
Trough year (2013)
-7.4%
Peak year (2024)
18.1%
Latest annual
15.6%
Operating Margin history chart for Brady (BRC) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 15.6%
Operating Margin change chart for Brady (BRC) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: −2.51pp
Operating Margin history table for Brady (BRC) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 15.6% | -2.51pp | ||
| 2024 | 18.1% | +1.24pp | ||
| 2023 | 16.9% | +2.09pp | ||
| 2022 | 14.8% | +0.22pp | ||
| 2021 | 14.6% | +0.61pp | ||
| 2020 | 14.0% | -0.01pp | ||
| 2019 | 14.0% | +0.99pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.0% | +1.24pp | ||
| 2017 | 11.8% | +1.25pp | ||
| 2016 | 10.5% | +7.51pp | ||
| 2015 | 3.0% | +6.38pp | ||
| 2014 | -3.4% | +4.07pp | ||
| 2013 | -7.4% | -10.43pp | ||
| 2012 | 3.0% | -9.11pp | ||
| 2011 | 12.1% | +1.83pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.3% | +0.32pp | ||
| 2009 | 10.0% | -3.68pp | ||
| 2008 | 13.6% | +1.01pp | ||
| 2007 | 12.6% | -2.75pp | ||
| 2006 | 15.4% | +0.37pp | ||
| 2005 | 15.0% | +4.25pp | ||
| 2004 | 10.7% | +4.95pp | ||
| 2003 | 5.8% | -2.23pp | ||
| 2002 | 8.0% | -0.13pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.2% | -4.65pp | ||
| 2000 | 12.8% | -0.61pp | ||
| 1999 | 13.4% | +2.13pp | ||
| 1998 | 11.3% | -0.54pp | ||
| 1997 | 11.8% | +0.37pp | ||
| 1996 | 11.5% | -1.48pp | ||
| 1995 | 12.9% | +1.41pp | ||
| 1994 | 11.5% | +1.61pp | ||
| 1993 | 9.9% | +3.39pp | ||
| 1992 | 6.5% | -3.04pp | ||
| 1991 | 9.6% | -2.04pp | ||
| 1990 | 11.6% | -0.50pp | ||
| 1989 | 12.1% | +1.79pp | ||
| 1988 | 10.3% | -1.22pp | ||
| 1987 | 11.6% | -4.55pp | ||
| 1986 | 16.1% | — |
- 202515.6%-2.51pp
- 202418.1%+1.24pp
- 202316.9%+2.09pp
- 202214.8%+0.22pp
- 202114.6%+0.61pp
- 202014.0%-0.01pp
- 201914.0%+0.99pp
- 201813.0%+1.24pp
- 201711.8%+1.25pp
- 201610.5%+7.51pp
- 20153.0%+6.38pp
- 2014-3.4%+4.07pp
- 2013-7.4%-10.43pp
- 20123.0%-9.11pp
- 201112.1%+1.83pp
- 201010.3%+0.32pp
- 200910.0%-3.68pp
- 200813.6%+1.01pp
- 200712.6%-2.75pp
- 200615.4%+0.37pp
- 200515.0%+4.25pp
- 200410.7%+4.95pp
- 20035.8%-2.23pp
- 20028.0%-0.13pp
- 20018.2%-4.65pp
- 200012.8%-0.61pp
- 199913.4%+2.13pp
- 199811.3%-0.54pp
- 199711.8%+0.37pp
- 199611.5%-1.48pp
- 199512.9%+1.41pp
- 199411.5%+1.61pp
- 19939.9%+3.39pp
- 19926.5%-3.04pp
- 19919.6%-2.04pp
- 199011.6%-0.50pp
- 198912.1%+1.79pp
- 198810.3%-1.22pp
- 198711.6%-4.55pp
- 198616.1%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Brady's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Brady (BRC)
According to Brady's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 16.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Brady (BRC) reported operating margin of 15.63% – contracted 2.5 percentage points year-over-year.
18.15% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2024, against a low of -7.43% during 2013.
Brady Operating Margin by Year
Brady Operating Margin 2025: 15.6%
In 2025, Brady reported operating margin of 15.63%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2024.
Brady Operating Margin 2024: 18.1%
Brady operating margin in 2024 was 18.15%, expanded 1.2 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Brady Operating Margin 2023: 16.9%
2023's operating margin for Brady came in at 16.91%, expanded 2.1 percentage points from 2022.
Brady Operating Margin 2022: 14.8%
Brady posted operating margin of 14.82% in 2022, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2021.
Brady Operating Margin 2021: 14.6%
Brady operating margin in 2021 was 14.60%.
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Sector peers by Operating Margin
Industrials peers of Brady (BRC), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 40.1% | |
| 18.5% | |
| 18.1% | |
| 17.9% | |
| 16.6% | |
| 14.9% | |
| 10.9% | |
| -5.9% |
- 40.1%
- 18.5%
- 17.9%
- 16.6%
- 10.9%
- -5.9%
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