BRC
Brady Corporation
BRC has the edge over RDW overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger modeled upside.
RDW
Redwire Corporation
RDW offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
BRC Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
BRC's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
RDW Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
RDW's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
BRC PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 12x | $82.62 | — |
| Cheap | 16x | $68.34 | -17% |
| Fair | 18x | $78.83 | -4.6% |
| Current | 19x | $82.62 | — |
| Expensive | 21x | $92.39 | +12% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BRC's PE is in its fair range at 19x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 12x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
RDW PE Valuation
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BRC Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for BRC, but weaker profitability.
RDW Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
RDW has the edge over BRC on the outlook, with more favorable profitability expectations.
BRC Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $6.75 | +57% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.30 | +9.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.40 | +8.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.28 | +7% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.10 | +0.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.94 | -3.2% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.04 | +3.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.00 | +4.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.07 | +10% |
BRC has the edge over RDW on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RDW Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.17 | +$2.01 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.37 | +$1.89 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.59 | -$0.32 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.28 | +$0.07 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.18 | -$1.97 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.26 | -$2.28 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.27 | -$1.55 |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.35 | -$1.62 |
RDW is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.17 per share over the past year, against $3.26 at its worst in mid-2025.
BRC Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $436.9M | +10% |
| Q2 2026 | $435.2M | +14% |
| Q1 2026 | $384.1M | +7.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $405.3M | +7.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $397.3M | +16% |
| Q2 2025 | $382.6M | +11% |
| Q1 2025 | $356.7M | +11% |
| Q4 2024 | $377.1M | +14% |
BRC's revenue has grown year over year for eight quarters in a row: $437M last quarter, up 10% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 14% | -1.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | -0.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 16% | +1.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | 17% | +1.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 15% | -4.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 18% | -0.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | 14% | -2.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 16% | -2.4 points |
BRC has the edge over RDW on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RDW Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $109M | +5.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $117.1M | +90% |
| Q1 2026 | $97M | +58% |
| Q4 2025 | $108.8M | +56% |
| Q3 2025 | $103.4M | +51% |
| Q2 2025 | $61.8M | -21% |
| Q1 2025 | $61.4M | -30% |
| Q4 2024 | $69.6M | +9.6% |
RDW's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $109M last quarter, up 5.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -24% | +16 points |
| Q2 2026 | -19% | +130 points |
| Q1 2026 | -72% | -49 points |
| Q4 2025 | -75% | -48 points |
| Q3 2025 | -40% | -22 points |
| Q2 2025 | -149% | -140 points |
| Q1 2025 | -23% | -19 points |
| Q4 2024 | -27% | -17 points |
RDW's operating margin was −24% last quarter, up 16 points from the same quarter a year ago.
BRC Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $60.7M | +23% |
| Q2 2026 | $67.2M | +21% |
| Q1 2026 | $42.3M | +30% |
| Q4 2025 | $22.4M | +39% |
| Q3 2025 | $49.4M | -33% |
| Q2 2025 | $55.6M | -14% |
| Q1 2025 | $32.5M | +$45.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $16.1M | -68% |
BRC has the edge over RDW on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RDW Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$65.3M | -$38.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$33.5M | +$57.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$11.4M | +$35.5M |
| Q4 2025 | -$26.5M | -659% |
| Q3 2025 | -$26.9M | -$7.6M |
| Q2 2025 | -$90.6M | -$80.2M |
| Q1 2025 | -$46.9M | -3996% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.7M | -65% |
RDW has burned cash in most quarters: −$137M over the past year, against −$160M the year before.
BRC Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.1% | -64K shares |
| 1 year | -0.7% | -342K shares |
| 3 years | -4.2% | -2.1M shares |
| 5 years | -8.9% | -4.7M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -6M shares |
BRC has the edge over RDW on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $28.1M |
| Q2 2026 | $5.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $4.9M |
| Q4 2025 | $4.1M |
| Q3 2025 | $17.7M |
| Q2 2025 | $33.2M |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
BRC spent $42M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 17% from the year before.
RDW Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +29.6M shares |
| 1 year | +179% | +160M shares |
| 3 years | +289% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +319% | +190M shares |
RDW has 250M diluted shares, up 179% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
BRC Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
BRC has more cash than debt.
RDW Net Leverage
RDW's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
BRC Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 45.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.6 | Oversold |
BRC's weekly RSI is 46 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
RDW Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.1 | Oversold |
RDW's weekly RSI is 42 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
BRC PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | BRC | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 24x | 20% below |
| PE % | 60 | 58 | 2 pts above |
BRC is trading at 19x earnings, a 20% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RDW PE vs Industrials Sector
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
BRC Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $82.7 | 0.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $88.2 | 6.3% below |
| 50 week MA | $85.7 | 3.6% below |
| 100 week MA | $79.3 | 4.3% above |
| 200 week MA | $69.5 | 19% above |
BRC has the edge over RDW on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RDW Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $9.06 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $10.1 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $10.6 | 24% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.6 | 31% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.07 | 0.5% below |
RDW is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 0.5% below its 200-week average.
BRC Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $57.5 | $49.7 | -14% |
| 2021 | $49.7 | $53.8 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | $53.8 | $46.5 | -14% |
| 2023 | $46.5 | $58.7 | +26% |
| 2024 | $58.7 | $73.9 | +26% |
| 2025 | $73.9 | $80.1 | +8.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $80.1 | $82.6 | +3.2% |
BRC has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 3.2% so far in 2026.
RDW Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $10.2 | $7.34 | -28% |
| 2022 | $7.34 | $1.92 | -74% |
| 2023 | $1.92 | $2.85 | +48% |
| 2024 | $2.85 | $17.1 | +501% |
| 2025 | $17.1 | $7.15 | -58% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.15 | $8.03 | +12% |
RDW has the edge over BRC on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.