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Brighthouse Financial (BHF) Competitors

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$49.51 +0.73 (+1.50%)
(As of 03:15 PM ET)

BHF vs. PRI, GL, VOYA, JXN, FG, LNC, GNW, CIA, AAME, and MET

Should you be buying Brighthouse Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brighthouse Financial include Primerica (PRI), Globe Life (GL), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lincoln National (LNC), Genworth Financial (GNW), Citizens (CIA), Atlantic American (AAME), and MetLife (MET). These companies are all part of the "life insurance" industry.

Brighthouse Financial vs.

Primerica (NYSE:PRI) and Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Primerica received 458 more outperform votes than Brighthouse Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Primerica an outperform vote while only 49.66% of users gave Brighthouse Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PrimericaOutperform Votes
821
68.59%
Underperform Votes
376
31.41%
Brighthouse FinancialOutperform Votes
363
49.66%
Underperform Votes
368
50.34%

Primerica has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brighthouse Financial. Brighthouse Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primerica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Primerica$3.07B3.02$576.60M$13.0921.28
Brighthouse Financial$4.12B0.71-$1.11B-$20.33-2.44

Primerica presently has a consensus price target of $293.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. Brighthouse Financial has a consensus price target of $51.13, indicating a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Primerica's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Primerica is more favorable than Brighthouse Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Primerica
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
Brighthouse Financial
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

In the previous week, Primerica and Primerica both had 9 articles in the media. Brighthouse Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Primerica's score of 0.77 indicating that Brighthouse Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Primerica
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Brighthouse Financial
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.9% of Primerica shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Primerica shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Brighthouse Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Primerica has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brighthouse Financial has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Primerica has a net margin of 14.95% compared to Brighthouse Financial's net margin of -24.40%. Primerica's return on equity of 30.93% beat Brighthouse Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Primerica14.95% 30.93% 4.34%
Brighthouse Financial -24.40%23.54%0.47%

Summary

Primerica beats Brighthouse Financial on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BHF vs. The Competition

MetricBrighthouse FinancialLife insurance IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.94B$20.16B$10.46B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A2.99%10.49%4.01%
P/E Ratio-2.4410.1547.7817.22
Price / Sales0.711.193,199.9383.76
Price / Cash4.1521.9830.5038.32
Price / Book0.631.442.625.08
Net Income-$1.11B$1.23B$1.02B$223.97M
7 Day Performance-1.18%-2.13%0.23%1.90%
1 Month Performance-2.86%-2.61%2.13%9.21%
1 Year Performance-6.55%11.65%17.36%24.53%

Brighthouse Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
3.5366 of 5 stars
$49.51
+1.5%
$51.13
+3.3%
-7.9%$2.94B$4.12B-2.441,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
PRI
Primerica
4.3574 of 5 stars
$289.10
-2.2%
$293.50
+1.5%
+36.0%$9.65B$2.82B21.963,450
GL
Globe Life
4.8861 of 5 stars
$103.03
-1.7%
$124.50
+20.8%
-13.5%$8.65B$5.45B8.863,636
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9826 of 5 stars
$79.62
-1.8%
$86.00
+8.0%
-5.7%$7.66B$7.35B12.929,000Positive News
JXN
Jackson Financial
2.7554 of 5 stars
$95.37
-2.5%
$84.00
-11.9%
+82.0%$7.04B$3.16B0.003,840News Coverage
Positive News
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
2.0256 of 5 stars
$45.70
-2.2%
$46.33
+1.4%
+0.9%$5.76B$5.50B-766.501,165Positive News
LNC
Lincoln National
4.8312 of 5 stars
$33.77
-1.6%
$33.25
-1.5%
+18.5%$5.75B$11.65B24.5111,024Positive News
GNW
Genworth Financial
3.2062 of 5 stars
$7.42
-1.1%
$7.00
-5.7%
+19.6%$3.17B$7.49B35.712,700
CIA
Citizens
0.9189 of 5 stars
$4.19
-2.6%
N/A+41.3%$209.12M$240.68M10.00220
AAME
Atlantic American
0.6989 of 5 stars
$1.53
-1.1%
N/A-24.2%$31.21M$186.79M0.00140
MET
MetLife
4.9444 of 5 stars
$82.40
-3.3%
$88.62
+7.5%
+25.1%$57.06B$66.91B17.1845,000Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:BHF) was last updated on 12/16/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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