What is KeyCorp’s Forecast for Brunswick Q2 Earnings?

Brunswick Co. (NYSE:BC) – KeyCorp issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Brunswick in a report released on Wednesday, March 19th. KeyCorp analyst N. Zatzkin anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.20 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Brunswick’s current full-year earnings is $4.19 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Brunswick’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS.

BC has been the topic of a number of other reports. Citigroup decreased their target price on Brunswick from $92.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective 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. B. Riley upgraded shares of Brunswick to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Brunswick from $64.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective 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. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $81.62.

Brunswick Trading Down 2.9 %

Brunswick stock opened at $56.22 on Monday. 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 fifty-two week low of $54.97 and a fifty-two week high of $96.65. The stock has a market cap of $3.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.59 and a beta of 1.54. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $63.08 and its 200-day moving average price is $72.23.

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.45 earnings per share.

Brunswick Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th were issued a $0.43 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.06%. This is an increase from Brunswick’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. Brunswick’s payout ratio is currently 90.53%.

Insider Activity at Brunswick

In related news, Director Nancy E. Cooper sold 433 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 25,361 shares in the company, valued at $1,664,949.65. This represents a 1.68 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Randall S. Altman sold 3,417 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.21, for a total transaction of $215,988.57. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 26,683 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,686,632.43. The trade was a 11.35 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.81% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Brunswick by 19.7% during the fourth quarter. Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,965,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,806,000 after buying an additional 488,412 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Brunswick by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,084,038 shares of the company’s stock valued at $134,796,000 after acquiring an additional 10,951 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Brunswick by 18.1% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,757,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,655,000 after purchasing an additional 269,413 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Brunswick by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,462,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,599,000 after purchasing an additional 41,583 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in shares of Brunswick by 4.6% in the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,338,619 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,582,000 after purchasing an additional 59,228 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.34% of the company’s stock.

Brunswick Company Profile

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.