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Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$57.55 -1.42 (-2.41%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$57.58 +0.03 (+0.05%)
As of 03/28/2025 05:31 PM Eastern
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About Brighthouse Financial Stock (NASDAQ:BHF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$56.81
$59.27
50-Day Range
$50.15
$62.97
52-Week Range
$40.00
$64.12
Volume
390,854 shs
Average Volume
491,349 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.34 billion
P/E Ratio
11.15
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$63.80
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. provides annuity and life insurance products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Annuities, Life, and Run-off. The Annuities segment consists of variable, fixed, index-linked, and income annuities for contract holders' needs for protected wealth accumulation on a tax-deferred basis, wealth transfer, and income security. The Life segment offers term, universal, whole, and variable life products for policyholders' needs for financial security and protected wealth transfer. The Run-off segment manages structured settlements, pension risk transfer contracts, certain company-owned life insurance policies, funding agreements, and universal life with secondary guarantees. Brighthouse Financial, Inc. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Brighthouse Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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92nd Percentile Overall Score

BHF MarketRank™: 

Brighthouse Financial scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 227th out of 948 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Brighthouse Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Brighthouse Financial has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Brighthouse Financial's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Brighthouse Financial are expected to grow by 12.55% in the coming year, from $20.32 to $22.87 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Brighthouse Financial is 11.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.56.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Brighthouse Financial is 11.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.65.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Brighthouse Financial has a P/B Ratio of 0.68. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Brighthouse Financial's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.72% of the float of Brighthouse Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Brighthouse Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Brighthouse Financial has recently increased by 15.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Brighthouse Financial does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Brighthouse Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.72% of the float of Brighthouse Financial has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Brighthouse Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Brighthouse Financial has recently increased by 15.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Brighthouse Financial has a news sentiment score of 1.39. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.95 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Brighthouse Financial this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 4 people have added Brighthouse Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -64% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Brighthouse Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $610,000.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.40% of the stock of Brighthouse Financial is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    81.24% of the stock of Brighthouse Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Brighthouse Financial's insider trading history.
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BHF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Brighthouse Financial's stock was trading at $48.04 at the start of the year. Since then, BHF stock has increased by 19.8% and is now trading at $57.55.
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Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:BHF) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company reported $5.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.56 by $1.32. Brighthouse Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.94% and a net margin of 8.21%.

Top institutional shareholders of Brighthouse Financial include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.91%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.73%), DME Capital Management LP (4.78%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (3.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Edward A Spehar, Myles Lambert, Vonda Huss and Michael J Inserra.
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Shares of BHF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Brighthouse Financial investors own include Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP), Meta Platforms (META), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), NVIDIA (NVDA), MetLife (MET), Tesla (TSLA) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/11/2025
Today
3/28/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/06/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Life insurance
Sub-Industry
Insurance
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:BHF
Previous Symbol
NYSE:BHF
Fax
N/A
Employees
1,500
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$63.80
High Stock Price Target
$85.00
Low Stock Price Target
$52.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+10.9%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.25
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
11.15
Forward P/E Ratio
2.83
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$388 million
Pretax Margin
8.93%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$4.37 billion
Cash Flow
$11.31 per share
Price / Cash Flow
5.09
Book Value
$84.64 per share
Price / Book
0.68

Miscellaneous

Free Float
58,523,000
Market Cap
$3.34 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.11

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This page (NASDAQ:BHF) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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