Brunswick Corporation designs, manufactures and markets recreational marine products, including marine propulsion products and boats, as well as parts and accessories for the marine and RV markets. Its segments include Propulsion, Engine Parts and Accessories (Engine P&A), Navico Group and Boat. The Propulsion segment designs, manufactures and sells engines, controls, rigging, and propellers globally. The Engine P&A segment sells products such as engine parts and consumables including oils and lubricants, electrical products, boat parts and systems, and also includes its marine parts and accessories distribution businesses. We show 60 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BC shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BC market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing BC market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing BC's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of BC versus a peer is one thing; comparing
BC market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like BC can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching BC by allowing them to research the BC market cap history. |
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