--- title: "Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC) Given Consensus Recommendation of \"Hold\" by Brokerages" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295752805.md" description: "Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC) holds a consensus 'Hold' rating from 15 analysts, with an average price target of $87.57. Recent analyst actions include Robert W. Baird setting a $92 target and Truist raising its target to $94. The company reported Q2 EPS of $1.56, beating estimates, with revenue up 7.7% YoY. Brunswick declared a $0.44 quarterly dividend, ex-date August 20. CEO David Foulkes sold shares in May, while institutional investors like Swedbank AB and Arrowstreet Capital increased their positions." datetime: "2026-08-13T06:29:24.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295752805.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295752805.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295752805.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages Shares of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) have earned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the fifteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $87.5714. - Jersey Mike's Serves Fresh Gains After IPO Stumble Several research firms have recently weighed in on BC. Robert W. Baird set a $92.00 price target on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Brunswick from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, April 25th. DA Davidson reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $76.00 target price on shares of Brunswick in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on Brunswick from $93.00 to $94.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 6th. **View Our Latest Research Report on BC** ## Brunswick Price Performance - AST SpaceMobile Gets FCC Green Light for Direct-to-Device Service After Launch Setback Brunswick stock opened at $79.89 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.18 billion, a P/E ratio of -60.98 and a beta of 1.33. Brunswick has a 1 year low of $58.56 and a 1 year high of $90.25. The company's fifty day moving average price is $81.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $79.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.65 and a current ratio of 1.45. Brunswick (NYSE:BC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $1.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.37. The firm had revenue of $1.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.52 billion. Brunswick had a positive return on equity of 15.28% and a negative net margin of 1.53%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share. Brunswick has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.200-1.400 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.350-4.750 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Brunswick will post 4.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. ## Brunswick Dividend Announcement - AST SpaceMobile Drops 15% After Blue Origin Satellite Mishap The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.2%. Brunswick's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -134.35%. ## Insiders Place Their Bets In other Brunswick news, CEO David M. Foulkes sold 25,853 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.12, for a total value of $2,148,901.36. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 267,528 shares in the company, valued at $22,236,927.36. This represents a 8.81% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.99% of the company's stock. ## Institutional Inflows and Outflows Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Swedbank AB purchased a new position in Brunswick during the fourth quarter worth about $10,394,000. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. increased its position in shares of Brunswick by 21.4% during the fourth quarter. Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. now owns 328,523 shares of the company's stock valued at $24,390,000 after acquiring an additional 57,895 shares during the last quarter. Gateway Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Brunswick in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $591,000. Ritholtz Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Brunswick in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $914,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in shares of Brunswick by 148.5% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 79,607 shares of the company's stock worth $5,792,000 after acquiring an additional 47,573 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.34% of the company's stock. ## About Brunswick (Get Free Report) Founded in 1845 by John Moses Brunswick, Brunswick Corporation is a global leader in recreation products. Headquartered in Mettawa, Illinois, the company has evolved from its origins as a billiard table manufacturer into a diversified supplier of leisure equipment, serving both consumer and commercial markets around the world. Brunswick operates through two primary segments: Marine and Bowling & Billiards. In its Marine segment, the company designs, manufactures and distributes recreational boats, outboard engines and aftermarket parts under recognized brands such as Sea Ray, Bayliner and Mercury Marine. ## Recommended Stories - Five stocks we like better than Brunswick - GE Vernova’s AI Power Boom Faces a Profit Test - Cardinal Health Earnings: Can Perfection Get Priced In Twice? - Nebius’ Q2 Beat Shows the AI Bottleneck Is Capacity, Not Demand - Legacy Jet Builders Stall While Embraer Accelerates to New Highs *This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.* Continue following MarketBeat Add MarketBeat as your preferred source on Google to see our latest stories in your feed. Add As Preferred Source ## Should You Invest $1,000 in Brunswick Right Now? 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