Brunswick - BC Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brunswick in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BC shares.
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14 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Brunswick's stock. Their BC share price forecasts range from $88.00 to $122.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $102.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.3% from the stock's current price.
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Brunswick's stock was trading at $72.08 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BC stock has increased by 13.8% and is now trading at $82.00.
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Brunswick saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,450,000 shares, a decrease of 15.8% from the February 28th total of 2,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 561,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Currently, 3.5% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.97 by $0.02. The firm earned $1.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.66 billion. Brunswick had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.56% and a net margin of 9.94%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.44 EPS.

Brunswick announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 24th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.37.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Brunswick (NYSE:BC) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR), AAM Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF (SMIG), Gabelli Automation ETF (GAST), First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FNK), Pacer Lunt MidCap Multi-Factor Alternator ETF (PAMC), US Value ETF (USVT), John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF (JHSC) and Xtrackers S&P MidCap 400 ESG ETF (MIDE).

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.03%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 17.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BC will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Brunswick updated its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.30-$2.40 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

18 employees have rated Brunswick Chief Executive Officer David Foulkes on Glassdoor.com. David Foulkes has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts David Foulkes in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Brunswick trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BC."

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One share of BC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.00.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) has a market capitalization of $5.84 billion and generates $6.81 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $677 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.99 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,400 workers across the globe.

Brunswick's mailing address is 26125 N. RIVERWOODS BOULEVARD, METTAWA IL, 60045. The official website for the company is www.brunswick.com. The company can be reached via phone at (847) 735-4700, via email at ryan.gwillim@brunswick.com, or via fax at 847-735-4765.