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Equitable (EQH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$45.00 -5.21 (-10.38%)
Closing price 04/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$45.44 +0.45 (+0.99%)
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About Equitable Stock (NYSE:EQH)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$43.10
$47.91
50-Day Range
$45.00
$55.77
52-Week Range
$35.49
$56.00
Volume
7.31 million shs
Average Volume
2.59 million shs
Market Capitalization
$13.81 billion
P/E Ratio
11.78
Dividend Yield
2.13%
Price Target
$60.75
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Equitable Holdings, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, operates as a diversified financial services company worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Investment Management and Research, Protection Solutions, Wealth Management, and Legacy. The Individual Retirement segment offers a suite of variable annuity products primarily to affluent and high net worth individuals. The Group Retirement segment provides tax-deferred investment and retirement services or products to plans sponsored by educational entities, municipalities, and not-for-profit entities, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. The Investment Management and Research segment offers diversified investment management, research, and related services to various clients through institutional. The Protection Solutions segment provides life insurance products, such as VUL insurance and IUL insurance, term life, and employee benefits business, such as dental, vision, life, as well as short- and long-term disability insurance products to small and medium-sized businesses. The Wealth Management segment offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory accounts, financial planning and advice, life insurance, and annuity products. The Legacy segment consists of the capital intensive fixed-rate GMxB business that includes ROP death benefits. The company was formerly known as AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Equitable Holdings, Inc. in January 2020. Equitable Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1859 and is based in New York, New York.

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Equitable Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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91st Percentile Overall Score

EQH MarketRank™: 

Equitable scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 166th out of 932 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Equitable has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.92, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Equitable has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

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

    Earnings for Equitable are expected to grow by 13.10% in the coming year, from $7.33 to $8.29 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 11.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.16.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 11.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.45.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Equitable has a P/B Ratio of 7.28. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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

    1.88% of the float of Equitable has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Equitable has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Equitable has recently increased by 25.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Equitable pays a meaningful dividend of 1.84%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Equitable does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Equitable is 25.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Equitable will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.58% next year. This indicates that Equitable will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Equitable's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.88% of the float of Equitable has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Equitable has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Equitable has recently increased by 25.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Equitable has a news sentiment score of 0.98. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 34 news articles for Equitable this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    2 people have searched for EQH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    7 people have added Equitable to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 250% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Equitable insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,364,610.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.10% of the stock of Equitable is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    92.70% of the stock of Equitable is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Equitable's insider trading history.
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EQH Stock News Headlines

UBS Group Upgrades Equitable (NYSE:EQH) to "Buy"
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Equitable Holdings upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS
Equitable Holdings price target raised to $55 from $53 at JPMorgan
UBS Upgrades Equitable Holdings (EQH)
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EQH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Equitable's stock was trading at $47.17 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, EQH shares have decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $45.00.
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Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EQH) released its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company reported $1.57 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.08. Equitable had a net margin of 10.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 85.70%.

Equitable subsidiaries include 1285 Holdings LLC, 1740 Advisers Inc., 787 Holdings LLC, AB Bernstein Israel Ltd., AB Custom Alternative Investments LLC, AB Europe GmbH, AB Private Credit Investors LLC, and more.

Equitable (EQH) raised $3.5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 10th 2018. The company issued 137,300,000 shares at a price of $24.00-$27.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Citigroup served as the underwriters for the IPO and BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs, BNP PARIBAS, SOCIETE GENERALE, ING, Credit Agricole CIB, HSBC, Natixis, RBC Capital Markets, Lazard, BBVA, COMMERZBANK, Mizuho Securities, MUFG, PNC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and UniCredit Capital Markets were co-managers.

Shares of EQH 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 Equitable investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Costco Wholesale (COST) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/05/2025
Record date for 3/12 Dividend
3/05/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/12 Dividend
3/05/2025
Dividend Payable
3/12/2025
Today
4/06/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Insurance agents, brokers, & service
Sub-Industry
Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:EQH
Fax
N/A
Employees
8,200
Year Founded
1859

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$60.75
High Stock Price Target
$77.00
Low Stock Price Target
$46.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+35.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.92
Research Coverage
12 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
11.78
Forward P/E Ratio
6.14
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$1.31 billion
Pretax Margin
16.97%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$12.44 billion
Cash Flow
$6.17 per share
Price / Cash Flow
7.29
Book Value
$6.18 per share
Price / Book
7.28

Miscellaneous

Free Float
309,890,000
Market Cap
$13.81 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.23

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This page (NYSE:EQH) was last updated on 4/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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