Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. DA Davidson decreased their price target on Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on Brunswick from $78.00 to $64.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $82.54.

Brunswick Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:BC traded up $1.44 during trading on Thursday, reaching $69.61. 468,295 shares of the stock were exchanged, 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 stock has a 50-day moving average price of $70.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $76.70. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. Brunswick has a 12 month low of $62.64 and a 12 month high of $96.65.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Brunswick

In other Brunswick news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 366 shares of Brunswick stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.19, for a total transaction of $29,349.54. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 24,557 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,969,225.83. The trade was a 1.47 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate 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.