Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.06, RTT News reports. Brunswick had a net margin of 5.02% and a return on equity of 19.15%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.45 earnings per share. Brunswick updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-5.000 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.150-0.250 EPS.

Brunswick Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BC traded up $0.99 during trading on Friday, reaching $70.03. The company had a trading volume of 237,770 shares, compared to its average volume of 722,317. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.62 billion, a PE ratio of 17.42 and a beta of 1.54. Brunswick has a twelve month low of $62.64 and a twelve month high of $96.65. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $70.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $76.65.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Citigroup cut their price objective on Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. 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 report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Roth Mkm dropped their target price on Brunswick from $91.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $82.62.

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.