Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Announces Earnings Results

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 period in the previous year, the company posted $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 opened at $67.45 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $70.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $76.57. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.78 and a beta of 1.54. Brunswick has a fifty-two week low of $62.64 and a fifty-two week high of $96.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.97.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently commented on BC. Citigroup decreased their target price on Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Truist Financial decreased their target price on Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. B. Riley lowered shares of Brunswick from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Brunswick from $64.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Six 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.com, Brunswick currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $81.85.

Brunswick Company Profile

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.