Brunswick - BC Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brunswick in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" BC shares.
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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Brunswick's stock. Their BC share price forecasts range from $82.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $96.62 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.2% from the stock's current price.
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Brunswick's stock was trading at $100.73 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, BC shares have decreased by 28.5% and is now trading at $71.98.
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Brunswick saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,510,000 shares, a drop of 14.2% from the October 31st total of 4,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 671,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 4.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 27th. The company reported $2.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.62 by $0.05. The company earned $1.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.77 billion. Brunswick had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.52% and a net margin of 9.56%.

Brunswick declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.365 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $1.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 22nd.
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Brunswick (NYSE:BC) pays an annual dividend of $1.46 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.05%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 17.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BC will have a dividend payout ratio of 13.81% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Brunswick updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.00-$10.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.21. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.90 billion-$6.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.00 billion.

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."

Brunswick's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.03%), BlackRock Inc. (8.59%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (5.78%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.05%), State Street Corp (2.84%) and Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. (2.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Brenna Preisser, Christopher F Dekker, Christopher F Dekker, David V Singer, Randall S Altman and Ryan M Gwillim.
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Shares of BC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.98.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) has a market capitalization of $5.22 billion and generates $5.85 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $593.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.34 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,582 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.