This week I’m seeking a high-yield and growing stock from the industrials sector. 

That sector includes twenty-three industries all related to designing, fabricating and servicing stuff we want and use. The industrials industries range from aerospace and defense to waste management with all the transportation, business services, and equipment required in between.

Today I’m reviewing a mid-cap security and protection services firm named Brady Corporation. Its trading ticker symbol is BRC.

Brady Corp is a manufacturer and supplier of identification solutions and workplace safety products that identify and protect premises, products and people in the United States and internationally.

Its product offering includes identification solutions (IDS) and workplace safety (WPS) products. The IDS segment offers safety signs, pipe markers, labeling systems, spill control products, and lockout/tagout devices for facility identification and protection.The WPS segment provides workplace safety and compliance products.

These segments serve customers in various industries, such as industrial and electronic manufacturing, healthcare, chemical, oil, gas, automotive, aerospace, defense, mass transit, electrical contractors, telecommunications, and others through distributors, direct sales, catalog marketing, and digital channels. 

Brady Corporation was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

I use three key data points to gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund likeBrady Corporation (BRC): 

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Besides those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.

But those first three primary keys, best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money. 

BRC Price

Brady’s price per share was $39.45 at yesterday’s market close. A year ago its price was $32.65 for a gain of $6.80 per share.  

Assuming Brady’s price will trade in the range of $35 to $45 next year, perhaps that $6.80 gain could be realized in the coming year and move Brady’s current $39.45 price to $46.25 by late-August, 2019.