Brunswick (BC) to Release Earnings on Thursday

Brunswick (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) is expected to release its Q1 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, April 24th. Analysts expect Brunswick to post earnings of $0.25 per share and revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter. Brunswick has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.500-5.000 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance at 0.150-0.250 EPS.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.06. Brunswick had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 15.41%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.45 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Brunswick to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $5 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Brunswick Trading Up 2.7 %

Shares of NYSE:BC traded up $1.19 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $44.67. The company's stock had a trading volume of 985,318 shares, compared to its average volume of 759,304. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.94 billion, a PE ratio of 23.51 and a beta of 1.42. Brunswick has a 12 month low of $41.00 and a 12 month high of $87.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $54.38 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $67.25.

Brunswick Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th were paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.85%. This is a positive change from Brunswick's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. Brunswick's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 90.53%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price target on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Robert W. Baird reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $56.00 target price (down previously from $90.00) on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Friday, April 4th. B. Riley upgraded shares of Brunswick to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 12th. Citigroup cut their price target on shares of Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Baird R W downgraded shares of Brunswick from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $76.67.

Insider Activity

In other Brunswick news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 433 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.65, for a total transaction of $28,426.45. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 25,361 shares in the company, valued at $1,664,949.65. This represents a 1.68 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Randall S. Altman sold 3,417 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $215,988.57. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 26,683 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,686,632.43. This represents a 11.35 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.81% of the company's stock.

About Brunswick

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.