Benzinga | Jan 26, 2022 10:52AM EST

A Preview Of Brunswick's Earnings

Brunswick (NYSE:BC) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, 2022-01-27. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Brunswick will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.35.

Brunswick bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.12, which was followed by a 0.76% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Brunswick's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 1.95 2.14 1.46 1.02EPS Actual 2.07 2.52 2.24 1.32Price Change % -0.76% 3.4% 1.4% -1.19%

Stock Performance

Shares of Brunswick were trading at $87.4 as of January 25. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 2.26%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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