Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Brunswick Corp (BC)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Brunswick Corp (NYSE: BC) closed at $47.93 down -13.73% from its previous closing price of $55.56. In other words, the price has decreased by -$13.73 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.82 million shares were traded. BC stock price reached its highest trading level at $52.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.87.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Brunswick Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 11.02 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.97. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.63 and its Current Ratio is at 1.65. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.33 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.19.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, B. Riley Securities on November 26, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $88 from $95 previously.

On July 29, 2024, Northcoast Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $100.

On May 22, 2024, The Benchmark Company started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $100.The Benchmark Company initiated its Buy rating on May 22, 2024, with a $100 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 26 ’25 when ALTMAN RANDALL S sold 3,417 shares for $63.21 per share. The transaction valued at 215,989 led to the insider holds 26,683 shares of the business.

ALTMAN RANDALL S bought 3,417 shares of BC for $214,383 on Feb 26 ’25. On Feb 19 ’25, another insider, Preisser Brenna, who serves as the E.V.P. & President Boat Group of the company, sold 1,600 shares for $64.88 each. As a result, the insider received 103,808 and left with 65,662 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BC now has a Market Capitalization of 3158936832 and an Enterprise Value of 5397562368. As of this moment, Brunswick’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.21, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.12. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.10. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.60 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.031 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.46.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for BC is 1.26, which has changed by -0.48825538 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.036926866 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BC has reached a high of $95.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $52.12. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -21.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -34.18%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, BC has traded an average of 810.45K shares per day and 1116650 over the past ten days. A total of 65.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 64.43M. Insiders hold about 2.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.03% stake in the company. Shares short for BC as of 1741910400 were 3674677 with a Short Ratio of 4.53, compared to 1739491200 on 3611030. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3674677 and a Short% of Float of 6.3100000000000005.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for BC is 1.69, from 1.68 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03023758The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.76. The current Payout Ratio is 87.03% for BC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-24 with an ex-dividend date of 1740355200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1987-06-10 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

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