---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-23-000148"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:21:51.507716+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick prelim Q2 adj EPS $2.30-2.35; FY guide cut to ~$9.50 on IT incident

## Summary
- Revenue ~$1.7B; GAAP EPS $1.85-1.90; Adj EPS $2.30-2.35, below guidance due to June IT security incident.
- Full-year adj EPS guidance lowered to ~$9.50 from prior expectation; cautious H2 outlook.
- Propulsion & Engine P&A segments hardest hit; limited Q2 recovery due to timing of disruption.
- CEO cites lost high-horsepower outboard production; expects difficulty recovering in H2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-23-000148
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000148/0000014930-23-000148-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000148/bcorp-20230719.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-23-000148.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported the full year results: EPS approximately $9.50.
  - Period: the full year
  - EPS: approximately $9.50
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: These factors, coupled with our disciplined management of inventory levels across our businesses as we plan forward, direct our full-year Adjusted EPS expectations to now be approximately $9.50.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000148/0000014930-23-000148-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported the fiscal second quarter ended July 1, 2023 results: revenue approximately $1.7B, EPS GAAP EPS in the range of $1.85 to $1.90 and Adjusted EPS in the range of $2.30 to $2.35.
  - Period: the fiscal second quarter ended July 1, 2023
  - Revenue: approximately $1.7B
  - EPS: GAAP EPS in the range of $1.85 to $1.90 and Adjusted EPS in the range of $2.30 to $2.35
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) today announced preliminary financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended July 1, 2023, anticipating: • Revenue of approximately $1.7B. • GAAP EPS in the range of $1.85 to $1.90 and Adjusted EPS in the range of $2.30 to $2.35; and • Strong Free Cash Flow generation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000148/0000014930-23-000148-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.