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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-24-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:52:51.041500+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick Q1 net sales down 21.7% to $1.365B; adjusted EPS $1.35, reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.00, adjusted EPS $1.35; net sales $1.365B, down 21.7% YoY.
- Propulsion segment sales down 23%; Mercury gained 200 bps US outboard market share.
- Full-year guidance reaffirmed: adjusted EPS $7.00-8.00, net sales $6.0-6.2B.
- Q2 guidance: net sales $1.5-1.6B, adjusted EPS $1.85-2.05.
- Completed $400M debt issuance; share repurchases $63.6M in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-24-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493024000080/0000014930-24-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493024000080/bcorp-20240425.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-24-000080
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-24-000080.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-24-000080.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP updated its first quarter 2024 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 25, 2024, Brunswick Corporation (“Brunswick”) announced its financial results for the first quarter 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493024000080/0000014930-24-000080-index.htm

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