Brunswick - BC Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brunswick in the last twelve months. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Brunswick's stock. Their BC share price forecasts range from $82.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $97.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price.
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Brunswick's stock was trading at $72.08 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BC stock has increased by 9.1% and is now trading at $78.67.
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Brunswick saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,970,000 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the December 31st total of 3,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 583,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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Brunswick will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 201-612-7415 with passcode "13735328".

Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The company reported $2.07 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.95 by $0.12. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.43 billion. Brunswick had a net margin of 9.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.52%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.80 earnings per share.

Brunswick declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 18th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.365 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $1.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date 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 1.82%. 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 13.92% 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 earnings per share guidance of $10.00-$10.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.07%), Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning (0.20%), Grandfield & Dodd LLC (0.08%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.07%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Comerica Bank (0.05%). 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 $78.67.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) has a market capitalization of $5.70 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.