BC Consumer Cyclical

Brunswick Corporation

$78.09-1.21%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Recreational Vehicles
Country: United States
Market cap: 5.1B USD
Enterprise value: 6.3B USD
Full-time employees: 14,000

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.38 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (1.42× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.38 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (1.42× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,418 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.
Brunswick made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.
Operating margin at a 6-year low. -0.8% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.
Brunswick's operating margin fell to -0.8% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 54% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Brunswick looks cheaper than 54% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.
Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 9.2% from December 2022 to July 2026.
Brunswick had 9.2% fewer shares at July 2026 than at December 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.

StockQuotient Score

19/ 100

Oct 5 19 → Nov 4 19

Valuation

Is the price right?

21/100

Weak▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 23 → 21

Share price +15.3%-2

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-1.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield3.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -1.06Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield6.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.11Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield33.2%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

25/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 2.0%

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth
▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss33% base weight · Z-score -2.14Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth-5.8%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.58Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth10.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.03Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

13/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-0.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.46Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets-1.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.92Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital-0.4%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.29Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin25.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity-5.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.38

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.48Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.45×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.06Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity1.42×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.70Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Brunswick

Is Brunswick getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 19/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Brunswick valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 21/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -1.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1.7% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Brunswick growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 10.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).Revenue growth 10.5% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 75% of peers). 3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs a peer median of 4.3% (weaker than 87% of peers).3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs peers 4.3% (weaker than 87% of peers).
How profitable is Brunswick?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets -1.6% vs a peer median of 3.3% (weaker than 89% of peers).Return on assets -1.6% vs peers 3.3% (weaker than 89% of peers).
How risky is Brunswick?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.38 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 89% of peers).Beta 1.38 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 89% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jul 4, 2026 · filed Aug 5, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Apr 4, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: Brunswick is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	5.5B USD	5.6B USD	+2.0%
Net income (12 months)	−136.5M USD	−86.0M USD	−37.0%
Operating margin	-0.8%	-0.4%	+0.5 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	340.1M USD	341.2M USD	+0.3%
Debt	2.8B USD	2.4B USD	−14.0%
Cash	277.8M USD	288.1M USD	+3.7%
Shares outstanding	65.0M	64.8M	−0.3%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Recreational Vehicles companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	13.9%	13.9%	11.5%	5.9%	-0.8%	▼ 6.7 pts
Net margin	10.1%	9.9%	6.6%	2.5%	-2.6%	▼ 5.0 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	10.9%	10.7%	6.7%	2.3%	-2.6%	▼ 4.9 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	31.0%	33.1%	20.1%	6.9%	-8.4%	▼ 15 pts
Free cash flow margin	5.2%	2.9%	6.9%	5.0%	7.4%	▲ 2.3 pts
Current ratio	1.47×	1.81×	1.43×	1.65×	1.44×	▼ 13%
Quick ratio	0.64×	0.82×	0.59×	0.63×	0.61×	▼ 3.8%
Debt to equity	0.96×	1.25×	1.18×	1.32×	1.48×	▲ 13%
Interest coverage	12.34×	9.66×	6.54×	2.46×	-0.36×	▼ 115%

BC price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.38 vs a peer median of 0.63) and more debt relative to equity (1.42× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.38 vs peers 0.63) and more debt vs equity (1.42× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,418 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 6%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.

Brunswick made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.

Operating margin at a 6-year low. -0.8% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.

Brunswick's operating margin fell to -0.8% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 54% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its free cash flow, Brunswick looks cheaper than 54% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Share count shrinking. Shares outstanding down 9.2% from December 2022 to July 2026.

Brunswick had 9.2% fewer shares at July 2026 than at December 2022, mainly through buybacks, so each remaining share owns a larger slice of the business.

Questions investors ask about Brunswick

Is Brunswick getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 19/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Brunswick valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 21/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Earnings yield -1.7% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -1.7% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Brunswick growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Revenue growth 10.5% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).Revenue growth 10.5% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 75% of peers). 3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs a peer median of 4.3% (weaker than 87% of peers).3-year revenue growth -5.8% vs peers 4.3% (weaker than 87% of peers).

How profitable is Brunswick?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 13/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on assets -1.6% vs a peer median of 3.3% (weaker than 89% of peers).Return on assets -1.6% vs peers 3.3% (weaker than 89% of peers).

How risky is Brunswick?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.38 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 89% of peers).Beta 1.38 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 89% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

5.5B USD

5.6B USD

+2.0%

Net income (12 months)

−136.5M USD

−86.0M USD

−37.0%

Operating margin

-0.8%

-0.4%

+0.5 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

340.1M USD

341.2M USD

+0.3%

Debt

2.8B USD

2.4B USD

−14.0%

Cash

277.8M USD

288.1M USD

+3.7%

Shares outstanding

65.0M

64.8M

−0.3%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

—

Operating margin

13.9%

11.5%

5.9%

-0.8%

▼ 6.7 pts

Net margin

10.1%

9.9%

6.6%

2.5%

-2.6%

▼ 5.0 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

10.9%

10.7%

6.7%

2.3%

-2.6%

▼ 4.9 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

31.0%

33.1%

20.1%

6.9%

-8.4%

▼ 15 pts

Free cash flow margin

5.2%

2.9%

6.9%

5.0%

7.4%

▲ 2.3 pts

Current ratio

1.47×

1.81×

1.43×

1.65×

1.44×

▼ 13%

Quick ratio

0.64×

0.82×

0.59×

0.63×

0.61×

▼ 3.8%

Debt to equity

0.96×

1.25×

1.18×

1.32×

1.48×

▲ 13%

Interest coverage

12.34×

9.66×

6.54×

2.46×

-0.36×

▼ 115%