---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014930-26-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BC"
cik: "0000014930"
company_name: "BRUNSWICK CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:41:01.084556+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brunswick Q1 revenue up 13% to $1.38B; adj. EPS $0.70 beats; raises FY outlook to $4.00-$4.50

## Summary
- Net sales $1,378.1M (+13% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.32; adjusted EPS $0.70 (+25% YoY).
- Propulsion sales +17%; Boat segment adj. operating earnings +63% on higher wholesale and mix.
- Full-year guidance raised: adj. diluted EPS $4.00-$4.50, revenue $5.65B-$5.8B, free cash flow $350M+.
- Acquired Freedom Boat Club franchise serving Boston/Cape Cod; deal immediately accretive to earnings.
- Repurchased $20M in shares YTD; 14th consecutive annual dividend increase maintained.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014930-26-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BC
- cik: 0000014930
- company_name: BRUNSWICK CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/14930/000001493026000046/0000014930-26-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493026000046/bcorp-20260430.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000014930-26-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported 2026 full-year results: EPS $4.00 - $4.50. Guidance raised.
  - Period: 2026 full-year
  - EPS: $4.00 - $4.50
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Increasing 2026 Full-Year Guidance: As Adjusted Diluted EPS in the range of $4.00 - $4.50
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493026000046/0000014930-26-000046-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $1,378.1 million, EPS $0.70.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $1,378.1 million
  - EPS: $0.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Brunswick reported consolidated net sales of $1,378.1 million, an increase of 13 percent versus the first quarter of 2025. Diluted EPS for the quarter was $0.32 on a GAAP basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493026000046/0000014930-26-000046-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  BRUNSWICK CORP reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue $1,378.1 million, EPS $0.70.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $1,378.1 million
  - EPS: $0.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: share gains in a still evolving external environment,” Foulkes concluded. 2026 First Quarter Results For the first quarter of 2026, Brunswick reported consolidated net sales of $1,378.1 million, an increase of 13 percent versus the first quarter of 2025. Diluted EPS for the quarter was $0.32 on a GAAP basis and $0.70 on an as adjusted basis, an increase of 25 percent
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14930/000001493026000046/0000014930-26-000046-index.htm

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