B. Riley Comments on Brunswick’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:BC)

Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) – B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Brunswick in a research note issued on Wednesday, February 12th. B. Riley analyst A. Glaessgen expects that the company will post earnings of $0.18 per share for the quarter. B. Riley currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Brunswick’s current full-year earnings is $4.20 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Brunswick’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.60 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.15 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.25 EPS.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last issued 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 net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 15.41%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.45 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the stock. DA Davidson cut their price target 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. Roth Mkm dropped their target price on shares of Brunswick from $91.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on shares of Brunswick from $95.00 to $86.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on shares of Brunswick from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of Brunswick from $64.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Brunswick currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $81.85.

Brunswick Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BC opened at $64.73 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $4.27 billion, a PE ratio of 34.07 and a beta of 1.54. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $67.02 and a 200 day moving average of $75.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 1.65. Brunswick has a one year low of $62.64 and a one year high of $96.65.

Institutional Trading of Brunswick

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 0.5% during the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 26,731 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,241,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 28,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,813,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 3.9% during the third quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $390,000 after buying an additional 174 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 9,861 shares of the company’s stock worth $638,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. Finally, CWM LLC increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 21.6% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,323 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after buying an additional 235 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.34% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Brunswick

In other news, 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 transaction of $28,426.45. Following the sale, the director now owns 25,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,664,949.65. This represents a 1.68 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.81% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Brunswick Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.66%. This is a boost from Brunswick’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. Brunswick’s dividend payout ratio is presently 88.42%.

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.