Q1 Earnings Estimate for Brunswick Issued By KeyCorp

Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) – KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Brunswick in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 19th. KeyCorp analyst N. Zatzkin forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.20 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Brunswick’s current full-year earnings is $4.19 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Brunswick’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.87 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.75 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.53 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.68 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.75 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. DA Davidson decreased their target price on Brunswick from $80.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Benchmark decreased their target price on Brunswick from $100.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Robert W. Baird set a $90.00 target price on Brunswick in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Roth Mkm decreased their target price on Brunswick from $91.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $81.62.

Brunswick Stock Up 0.5 %

NYSE:BC opened at $56.62 on Friday. Brunswick has a twelve month low of $54.97 and a twelve month high of $96.65. The company has a market cap of $3.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.80 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $63.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of $72.54. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.06. Brunswick had a return on equity of 15.41% and a net margin of 2.48%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.45 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of BC. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Brunswick in the fourth quarter valued at about $39,000. Financial Perspectives Inc purchased a new position in shares of Brunswick during the 4th quarter valued at about $42,000. Quarry LP acquired a new position in shares of Brunswick in the 4th quarter valued at about $45,000. Avior Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Brunswick by 1,073.7% in the third quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 669 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 612 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its holdings in Brunswick by 21.7% during the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,000 after acquiring an additional 361 shares during the period. 99.34% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Randall S. Altman sold 3,417 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $215,988.57. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 26,683 shares in the company, valued at $1,686,632.43. This represents a 11.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 433 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.65, for a total value of $28,426.45. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 25,361 shares in the company, valued at $1,664,949.65. This represents a 1.68 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.81% of the company’s stock.

Brunswick Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th were paid a dividend of $0.43 per share. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This is a positive change from Brunswick’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. Brunswick’s payout ratio is 90.53%.

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.