Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brunswick (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.500-5.000 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Brunswick Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:BC traded up $0.87 during trading on Thursday, reaching $69.04. 1,736,416 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 748,185. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.17 and a beta of 1.54. Brunswick has a 12 month low of $62.64 and a 12 month high of $96.65. The company has a 50 day moving average of $70.91 and a 200-day moving average of $76.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.74.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 last year, the company posted $1.45 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that Brunswick will post 4.52 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

BC has been the topic of several recent research reports. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley downgraded Brunswick from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $100.00 target price on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on Brunswick from $78.00 to $64.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Roth Mkm lowered their price target on Brunswick from $91.00 to $85.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $82.54.

Insider Buying and Selling at Brunswick

In other Brunswick news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 366 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.19, for a total transaction of $29,349.54. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 24,557 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,969,225.83. The trade was a 1.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.81% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.