Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Recreational Vehicles
Brunswick Corporation BC
$65.43 +1.88% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.25B
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.30, down 306.3% year over year.
- Net debt is 6.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 24%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 23%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginBottom 32%
- Operating marginBottom 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 20%
- Interest coverBottom 43%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 30%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 19%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 13%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 20%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.3% | 10.5% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -271.9% | -306.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 25.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 5.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 10.1% | 6.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.5% | 8.3% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -306.3% | -271.9% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 23.9% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 3.9% | ↑ | Bottom 48% |
| Net margin | -1.5% | 0.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.1% | 10.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -7.7% | — | Bottom 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.68×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.66%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.60%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.26%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +23.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $91.50
- Target vs current price
- +39.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 31
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 71%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +31.1% | -0.9% | +3.9% | -1.0% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +52.2% | +0.1% | +2.7% | +5.4% | +1.6% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +0.0% | -4.2% | +4.8% | -2.0% | -5.7% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +12.0% | +8.6% | +5.1% | -6.5% | +30.7% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +30.3% | -8.2% | -8.5% | -3.2% | -3.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +124.0% | +5.7% | +1.7% | +10.6% | +31.6% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +9.1% | +1.3% | -2.3% | -11.6% | -31.3% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | -0.8% | +3.8% | +6.0% | +1.9% | -12.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.56 | $1.19 | +31.1% | $1.56B |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.70 | $0.46 | +52.2% | $1.38B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.58 | $0.58 | +0.0% | $1.33B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.97 | $0.87 | +12.0% | $1.36B |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $1.16 | $0.89 | +30.3% | $1.45B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.56 | $0.25 | +124.0% | $1.22B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.24 | $0.22 | +9.1% | $1.15B |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $1.17 | $1.18 | -0.8% | $1.27B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 14.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.2× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| EV / Sales | 1.10× | — | — | Top 45% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.07% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | -1.99% | — | — | Bottom 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.6× – 93.9× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -306.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +501.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -16.9%
- RSI (14)
- 32.4
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 2th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.26
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.51
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -26.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -63.8% | 984 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -15.4% | 7 days | 27 days (May 3, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.25B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.30
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.63B
- Dividend yield
- 2.67%
- 52-week range
- $58.56 – $90.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.85B | $6.81B | $6.40B | $5.24B | $5.36B |
| Gross profit | $1.67B | $1.95B | $1.79B | $1.35B | $1.33B |
| Operating income | $812.9M | $947.8M | $734.9M | $311.6M | -$39.6M |
| Net income | $593.3M | $677.0M | $420.4M | $130.1M | -$137.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.57 | $9.00 | $5.96 | $1.93 | -$2.08 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.27B | $1.15B | $1.22B | $1.45B | $1.36B | $1.33B | $1.38B | $1.56B |
| Net income | $44.6M | -$82.5M | $20.2M | $59.3M | -$235.5M | $18.7M | $21.0M | $109.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.67 | -$1.24 | $0.30 | $0.90 | -$3.58 | $0.28 | $0.32 | $1.68 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $574.0M | $586.1M | $733.6M | $431.4M | $562.1M |
| Capital expenditure | -$267.1M | -$388.3M | -$289.3M | -$167.4M | -$165.8M |
| Free cash flow | $306.9M | $197.8M | $444.3M | $264.0M | $396.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$98.9M | -$108.6M | -$112.0M | -$112.3M | -$112.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$119.6M | -$450.0M | -$275.0M | -$200.0M | -$80.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $288.9M
- Total assets
- $5.51B
- Total liabilities
- $3.90B
- Total debt
- $2.25B
- Net debt
- $1.96B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.60B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.44 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 18, 2026 | $0.44 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $0.44 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | $0.43 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 20, 2025 | $0.43 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.43 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 24, 2025 | $0.43 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $0.42 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,920,848
- Days to cover
- 6.68
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 10, 1987
- 2-for-1
- Feb 18, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Nov 16, 1983
- 2-for-1