Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Brunswick (BC)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Brunswick (NYSE: BC):

• 2/12/2025 – Brunswick was upgraded by analysts at B. Riley to a “hold” rating.
• 1/31/2025 – Brunswick had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $64.00 to $65.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/31/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Benchmark Co. from $100.00 to $90.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/28/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $92.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/24/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Roth Mkm from $91.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/22/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at DA Davidson from $80.00 to $60.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $78.00 to $64.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/15/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $95.00 to $86.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Brunswick had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $90.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Brunswick Price Performance

Brunswick stock opened at $65.55 on Tuesday. Brunswick Co. has a one year low of $62.64 and a one year high of $96.65. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $67.26 and a 200-day moving average price of $75.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.65 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.50 and a beta of 1.54.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) 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 last year, the company earned $1.45 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Brunswick Co. will post 4.2 EPS for the current year.

Brunswick Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be paid a $0.43 dividend. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.62%. This is a positive change from Brunswick’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. Brunswick’s dividend payout ratio is 90.53%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 433 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $65.65, for a total transaction of $28,426.45. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 25,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,664,949.65. This trade represents a 1.68 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.81% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Oak Thistle LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Brunswick in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $368,000. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. boosted its position in Brunswick by 47.5% in the 3rd quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 240,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,128,000 after buying an additional 77,340 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Brunswick by 7.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,487,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,705,000 after purchasing an additional 102,780 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC raised its stake in Brunswick by 78.6% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 118,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,907,000 after acquiring an additional 52,024 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Markel Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Brunswick during the 3rd quarter worth $1,173,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.34% of the company’s stock.

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.