Brunswick (NYSE:BC) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.150-0.250 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.080. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion. Brunswick also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.500-5.000 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on BC. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. DA Davidson decreased their price target on shares of Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Roth Mkm lowered 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. Finally, Benchmark decreased their price objective on Brunswick from $100.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $81.85.

Brunswick Price Performance

Shares of BC stock opened at $67.45 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.17, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $70.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $76.57. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.78 and a beta of 1.54. Brunswick has a one year low of $62.64 and a one year high of $96.65.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 in the previous year, the company posted $1.45 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Brunswick will post 4.51 EPS for the current year.

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.