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Equitable (EQH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$55.59 +0.18 (+0.32%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$55.54 -0.05 (-0.08%)
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About Equitable Stock (NYSE:EQH)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$55.05
▼
$56.03
50-Day Range
$49.40
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$56.17
52-Week Range
$35.19
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$56.83
Volume
1.47 million shs
Average Volume
2.71 million shs
Market Capitalization
$14.82 billion
P/E Ratio
10.67
Dividend Yield
2.16%
Price Target
$63.33
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Equitable Holdings, Inc. is a financial services company focused on retirement, protection and wealth management. Through its Equitable business, it offers products and services including life insurance, annuities, employee benefits and retirement planning solutions to individuals, employers and institutions.

The company also has a majority ownership interest in AllianceBernstein, an investment management and research firm that serves institutional and individual clients. AllianceBernstein operates internationally, while Equitable’s insurance and retirement businesses primarily serve customers in the United States.

Equitable traces its history to the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, founded in 1859. The holding company was previously known as AXA Equitable Holdings and adopted the Equitable Holdings name in 2020. Mark Pearson has served as its president and chief executive officer.

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Equitable Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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EQH MarketRank™: 
4.984131182225 of 5 stars

Equitable scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 17th out of 834 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 2.87, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Equitable has a consensus price target of $63.33, representing about 13.9% upside from its current price of $55.59.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Equitable has been the subject of 7 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 22.78% in the coming year, from $7.20 to $8.84 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 10.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.17.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Equitable is 10.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.64.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Equitable has a PEG Ratio of 0.54. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.98% 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 decreased by 9.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Equitable pays a meaningful dividend of 2.17%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Equitable has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Equitable is 23.03%. 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 13.57% next year. This indicates that Equitable will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Equitable's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Equitable has a news sentiment score of 0.77. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Equitable this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    7 people have searched for EQH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    4 people have added Equitable to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% 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 $1,270,055.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    1.00% 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

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Equitable (EQH) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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EQH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Equitable's stock was trading at $47.64 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, EQH shares have increased by 16.7% and is now trading at $55.59.

Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EQH) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 2nd. The company reported $2.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.86 by $0.27. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 167.7% on a year-over-year basis.
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Equitable's board approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 11th 2026, which authorizes the company to buy back $1 billion in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Equitable: 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 others.

Equitable (EQH) raised $3.5 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 10th 2018. The company issued 137,250,000 shares at $24.00-$27.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Citigroup acted 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.

Top institutional investors of Equitable include Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.06%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.19%), Community Trust & Investment Co. (0.17%) and TrinityBridge Ltd (0.14%). Insiders that own company stock include Mark Pearson, Robin M Raju, Nick Lane, Seth P Bernstein, Jeffrey J Hurd, Daniel G Kaye, Charles GT Stonehill, Francis Hondal, Bertram L Scott, Arlene Isaacs-Lowe, Craig C Mackay and William James Iv Eckert.
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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), Tesla (TSLA), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), AT&T (T) and Energy Transfer (ET).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
11/02/2026
Today
11/10/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Finance
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-Industry
Diversified Financial Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:EQH
CIK
1333986
Fax
N/A
Employees
8,000
Year Founded
1859

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$68.00
Low Price Target
$54.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+13.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.87
Research Coverage
15 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$5.21
Trailing P/E Ratio
10.67
Forward P/E Ratio
6.29
P/E Growth
0.54
Net Income
-$1.38 billion
Net Margins
11.53%
Pretax Margin
16.30%
Return on Equity
-3,089.96%
Return on Assets
0.64%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
8.75
Current Ratio
0.15
Quick Ratio
0.15

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$11.67 billion
Price / Sales
1.27
Cash Flow
$9.70 per share
Price / Cash Flow
5.73
Book Value
($4.68) per share
Price / Book
-11.88

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
266,680,000
Free Float
264,010,000
Market Cap
$14.82 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.06

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This page (NYSE:EQH) was last updated on 11/10/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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