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Brunswick falls 1.6% as company schedules October 29 third-quarter results

Session of October 8, 2026 · Published October 9, 2026 · 4 min read

What happened

Brunswick (BC) fell 1.6% on October 8, 2026, as investors absorbed routine company news that it will release third-quarter results on October 29, 2026. The company said it would post full results on its website, file a Form 8-K with the SEC and host an earnings conference call, according to GlobeNewsWire. The trading session was otherwise ordinary and did not include an earnings release from the company that day.

Closing price over the last 30 trading sessions. On October 8, 2026, BC closed at $62.35, down 1.6% on the day and 19.7% lower than 30 sessions earlier.

How big was the move

The stock’s closing price was $62.35, a decline that amounted to 0.9 times a typical daily move for this stock. Trading volume was 1.1 times its 20-day average, and the five-session return fell 2.9%. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% on the day while the Consumer Cyclical sector median rose 0.6%, leaving the stock 2.2 percentage points worse than its sector median.

Each bar is one day's price change; the outlined bar is October 8, 2026. A typical daily move over the past year was 2.4%, so the latest move equals 0.7 times that. Moves outside the dashed lines (about 4.7%) are unusual.

Brunswick opened 1.1% below the previous close and the session’s price action matched what the data calls an ordinary session for this stock. The stock’s market sensitivity is a beta of 1.26, indicating it tends to move more than the market on average. The company’s market value stood at $4.25 billion, a reminder of its mid-cap scale within the Consumer Cyclical sector.

The technical picture

Technically, the stock traded below its intermediate and longer-term averages: 5.9% below its 20-day moving average, 15.4% below its 50-day moving average and 20.5% below its 200-day moving average. The 50-day average sat below the 200-day average, a sign of a weak longer-term trend, and the Relative Strength Index (14 days) stood at 25, below the 30 level often called oversold.

Closing price over the past year. BC ends the period 30.1% below its 52-week high, below its 50-day average ($73.71) and below its 200-day average ($78.47).

The shares were 30.9% below their 52-week high and had fallen 12.1% over one month and 20.0% over three months, measures that show recent downward pressure. Over one year the stock fell 1.0% and sits 16.7 percentage points behind the S&P 500 for the period. Volatility was 27% annualized over 60 days, which is lower than 98% of its own readings over five years, suggesting recent price moves were large relative to very recent history but not extreme across a longer span.

Fundamentals and valuation

For the four quarters through July 4, 2026, Brunswick reported revenue of $5.63 billion, which grew 10.5% from a year earlier. Gross margin expanded to 25.3% from 23.9% a year earlier, and operating margin widened to 5.7% from 3.9% a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share for that period were $-1.30, with earnings per share growth from a year earlier listed as fell 306.3%.

Quarterly revenue by period end. The latest quarter brought $1.6B, 7.7% more than the same quarter a year earlier.

The company generated a free-cash-flow margin of 6.1% and a return on invested capital of 9.5%. The balance sheet showed net debt of 6.7 times EBITDA, and share count over one year decreased by 0.8%. Valuation metrics include price to forward earnings of 13.7 times expected earnings and a free-cash-flow yield of 8.1%.

PromtFinance scores rank Brunswick within the sector as Value 35 (Weak), Growth 27 (Very weak), Quality 45 (Neutral), Momentum 40 (Weak), Revisions 83 (Strong) and Stability 44 (Weak). The high Revisions score reflects recent analyst estimate upgrades relative to peers, while the other scores point to mixed fundamentals and weak momentum.

Earnings and analyst expectations

The company listed its next report date as October 22, 2026, and separately announced it will release third-quarter results on October 29, 2026, before the market opens; the firm said it will file a Form 8-K and host an earnings conference call, according to GlobeNewsWire. Brunswick’s last reported quarter, on July 30, 2026, delivered earnings per share of $1.56 against $1.19 expected, 31.1% above estimates. That marked two consecutive quarters beating estimates and an average surprise over the last four reports of 23.8% above estimates.

Diluted earnings per share by quarter. The latest quarter shows $1.68, against $0.90 in the same quarter a year earlier.

Analysts’ consensus price target is $91.50, which is 46.8% above the closing price, based on 31 analysts with a rating. Seventy-one percent of those analysts rate the stock Buy and the consensus rating is Buy. Historically, the typical two-day reaction after recent reports was that the stock rose 0.8%.

What to watch

October 22, 2026: company-listed next earnings report date.
October 29, 2026: company will release third-quarter results, post them on its website and file a Form 8-K; an earnings conference call will be held, according to GlobeNewsWire.
PromtFinance Revisions score of 83 (Strong), indicating recent analyst estimate upgrades versus peers.
Net debt of 6.7 times EBITDA and a free-cash-flow margin of 6.1%, which are measurable balance-sheet and cash-flow markers.
Relative Strength Index (14 days) at 25 (below 30, a level often called oversold).

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