Brunswick Corp (NYSE: BC) is -27.83% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $47.87 and a high of $95.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BC stock was last observed hovering at around $47.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.25%.
Currently trading at $46.68, the stock is -15.94% and -23.16% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.98 million and changing -2.61% at the moment leaves the stock -35.77% off its SMA200. BC registered -50.44% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -42.88%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $60.746 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $72.6817.
The stock witnessed a -20.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -26.76%, and is -12.73% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.79% over the week and 4.30% over the month.
Brunswick Corp (BC) has around 15000 employees, a market worth around $3.08B and $5.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.55 and Fwd P/E is 8.88. Profit margin for the company is 2.48%. Distance from 52-week low is -2.49% and -51.06% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.15%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -10.37% this year.
Brunswick Corp (BC) Top Institutional Holders
525.0 institutions hold shares in Brunswick Corp (BC), with institutional investors hold 105.24% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 65.99M, and float is at 64.43M with Short Float at 5.70%. Institutions hold 104.38% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 7.16 million shares valued at $521.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.4894% of the BC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 5.84 million shares valued at $424.88 million to account for 8.6371 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 5.75 million shares representing 8.5119% and valued at over $418.72 million, while MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ holds 3.9023 of the shares totaling 2.64 million with a market value of $191.96 million.
Brunswick Corp (BC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by ALTMAN RANDALL S, the company’s SVP and Controller. SEC filings show that ALTMAN RANDALL S sold 3,417 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’25 at a price of $63.21 per share for a total of $0.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 26683.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, Preisser Brenna (E.V.P. & President Boat Group) disposed off 1,600 shares at an average price of $64.88 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 65,662 shares of Brunswick Corp (BC).
