---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-23-000177"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T08:28:38.432185+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick Q3 GAAP EPS $1.63, adj $2.42; FY adj EPS guide ~$9.00

## Summary
- Net sales $1,593.6M down 6.2% YoY; GAAP op earnings $196.1M down 17.5%; GAAP diluted EPS $1.63 down 27.9%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS $2.42 down 9.4%; adjusted op margin 14.4% down 200 bps.
- Propulsion segment sales up 1% on high-hp outboards; Boat segment sales down 16%.
- FY23 guidance: net sales $6.45-6.5B, adj diluted EPS ~$9.00, free cash flow >$375M.
- YTD free cash flow $233M above prior year; share repurchases $220M in nine months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-23-000177
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/14930/000001493023000177/0000014930-23-000177-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000177/bcorp-20231026.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-23-000177
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-23-000177.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-23-000177.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP updated its third quarter 2023 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 26, 2023, Brunswick Corporation (“Brunswick”) announced its financial results for the third quarter 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493023000177/0000014930-23-000177-index.htm

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