Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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 Trading Up 2.0 %

Shares of BC stock traded up $1.41 on Friday, reaching $70.45. 118,469 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 715,441. Brunswick has a 1-year low of $62.64 and a 1-year high of $96.65. The stock has a market cap of $4.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.53 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $70.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $76.65.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 last year, the firm earned $1.45 earnings per share. On average, research analysts anticipate that Brunswick will post 4.51 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on BC. DA Davidson lowered their target price on Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. B. Riley downgraded shares of Brunswick from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Roth Mkm cut their price objective on shares of Brunswick from $91.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average 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.