Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.500-5.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.140. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.2 billion-$5.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.3 billion. Brunswick also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.150-0.250 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BC has been the topic of several analyst reports. Truist Financial decreased their price target on Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on shares of Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. B. Riley downgraded Brunswick from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Brunswick from $78.00 to $64.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $82.54.

Brunswick Stock Performance

Shares of BC stock traded up $1.44 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $69.61. The company had a trading volume of 468,295 shares, compared to its average volume of 677,670. The firm has a market cap of $4.59 billion, a PE ratio of 17.30 and a beta of 1.54. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $70.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $76.70. Brunswick has a one year low of $62.64 and a one year high of $96.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.97.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.06. Brunswick had a return on equity of 19.15% and a net margin of 5.02%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.45 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Brunswick will post 4.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Brunswick

In related news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 366 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.19, for a total transaction of $29,349.54. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 24,557 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,969,225.83. The trade was a 1.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.

Brunswick Company Profile

Brunswick Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets recreation products in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Propulsion, Engine P&A, Navico Group, and Boat. The Propulsion segment provides outboard, sterndrive, inboard engines, propulsion-related controls, rigging, and propellers for boat builders through marine retail dealers under the Mercury, Mercury MerCruiser, Mariner, Mercury Racing, Mercury Diesel, Avator, and Fliteboard brands.