---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:13:31.284628+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick reports record FY2022 revenue and earnings; guides FY2023 EPS $9.50-$11.00

## Summary
- Full-year net sales $6,812M (+16.5% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $9.06; adjusted diluted EPS $10.03 (+21.1%).
- Q4 net sales $1,582.7M (+10.6% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $1.93; adjusted diluted EPS $1.99 (+38.2%).
- Propulsion segment sales +17% in Q4; boat segment adjusted operating margin hit 10.2% for full year.
- 2023 guidance: net sales $6.8-7.2B; adjusted diluted EPS $9.50-$11.00; free cash flow >$375M.
- Mercury outboard gained ~300 bps U.S. retail share since Dec 2019; Fond du Lac capacity expansion materially complete.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000009/0000014930-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000009/bcorp-20230202.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported full-year 2022 results: revenue $6,812.2, EPS $9.06. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: full-year 2022
  - Revenue: $6,812.2
  - EPS: $9.06
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: FY 2022 in millions (except per share data) GAAP Change As Adjusted Change Net Sales $ 6,812.2 16.5 % $ 6,812.2 16.5 % Operating Earnings $ 947.8 16.6 % $ 1,048.7 18.3 % Operating Margin 13.9 % — bps 15.4 % 20 bps Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations $ 9.06 19.4 % $ 10.03 21.1 %
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000009/0000014930-23-000009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported fourth quarter 2022 results: revenue $1,582.7 million, EPS $1.93. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: fourth quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $1,582.7 million
  - EPS: $1.93
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the fourth quarter of 2022, Brunswick reported consolidated net sales of $1,582.7 million, up from $1,431.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Diluted EPS for the quarter was $1.93 on a GAAP basis and $1.99 on an as adjusted basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000009/0000014930-23-000009-index.htm

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