---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-24-000120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:15:48.887708+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick Q2 GAAP EPS $1.55, adj $1.80; cuts FY24 guidance to $5.00-$5.50 adj EPS

## Summary
- Net sales $1.44B, down 15% YoY; GAAP diluted EPS $1.55, as adjusted $1.80.
- Propulsion sales -21%, Boat segment -23%; Engine P&A +2%, Navico Group -8%.
- FY24 guidance lowered: net sales $5.2-$5.4B, adj EPS $5.00-$5.50, free cash flow >$350M.
- CEO cites persistent high interest rates; retail unit sales now expected down ~10% vs flat.
- Deployed $170M for share repurchases YTD; reducing year-end boat inventory by ~1,500 units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-24-000120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493024000120/0000014930-24-000120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493024000120/bcorp-20240725.htm

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