NASDAQ:BHF Brighthouse Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Brighthouse Financial Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $28.22 -0.57 (-1.98 %) (As of 09/18/2020 09:52 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$28.22Now: $28.22▼$28.4450-Day Range$28.17MA: $30.39▼$32.4352-Week Range$12.05Now: $28.22▼$48.25Volume2,143 shsAverage Volume1.22 million shsMarket Capitalization$2.63 billionP/E Ratio1.28Dividend YieldN/ABeta1.74 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media 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 offers 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 consist of term, universal, whole, and variable life products for policyholders' needs for financial security and protected wealth transfer. The Run-off segment provides structured settlements, pension risk transfer contracts, certain company-owned life insurance policies, funding agreements, and universal life with secondary guarantees. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 1.9 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingBrighthouse Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 1.71, and is based on no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $33.00, Brighthouse Financial has a forecasted upside of 14.6% from its current price of $28.79.Amount of Analyst CoverageBrighthouse Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.0 Community Rank Outperform VotesBrighthouse Financial has received 355 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBrighthouse Financial has received 551 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBrighthouse Financial has received 60.82% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Brighthouse Financial and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BHF will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BHF will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 0.0 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldBrighthouse Financial does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthBrighthouse Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Brighthouse Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.47% of the stock of Brighthouse Financial is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions84.78% of the stock of Brighthouse Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 3.8 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Brighthouse Financial are expected to grow by 40.66% in the coming year, from $7.92 to $11.14 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Brighthouse Financial is 1.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 18.99.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Brighthouse Financial is 1.31, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 17.59.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBrighthouse Financial has a P/B Ratio of 0.19. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 1.9Community Rank: 2.0Dividend Strength: 0.0Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 3.8 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.72 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NASDAQ Industry Life insurance Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNASDAQ:BHF Previous SymbolNYSE:BHF CUSIPN/A CIK1685040 Webwww.brighthousefinancial.com Phone980-365-7100Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.19 Current Ratio0.66 Quick Ratio0.66Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio1.28 Forward P/E Ratio3.56 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$6.55 billion Price / Sales0.40 Cash Flow$7.20 per share Price / Cash Flow3.92 Book Value$150.42 per share Price / Book0.19Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$9.58 Net Income$-740,000,000.00 Net Margins33.37% Return on Equity4.55% Return on Assets0.38%Miscellaneous Employees1,330 Outstanding Shares93,023,000Market Cap$2.63 billion Next Earnings Date11/2/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $28.22 -0.57 (-1.98 %) (As of 09/18/2020 09:52 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive BHF News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BHF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Brighthouse Financial (NASDAQ:BHF) Frequently Asked Questions How has Brighthouse Financial's stock price been impacted by COVID-19? Brighthouse Financial's stock was trading at $24.03 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BHF shares have increased by 19.8% and is now trading at $28.79. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Brighthouse Financial? 7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brighthouse Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Brighthouse Financial. When is Brighthouse Financial's next earnings date? Brighthouse Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 2nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Brighthouse Financial. How were Brighthouse Financial's earnings last quarter? Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ:BHF) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The company reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.50 by $1.09. The business earned $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.93 billion. Brighthouse Financial had a return on equity of 4.55% and a net margin of 33.37%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.21 EPS. View Brighthouse Financial's earnings history. What price target have analysts set for BHF? 7 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Brighthouse Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Brighthouse Financial's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Brighthouse Financial. Are investors shorting Brighthouse Financial? Brighthouse Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,780,000 shares, an increase of 23.2% from the August 15th total of 3,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 922,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 5.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Brighthouse Financial's Short Interest. Who are some of Brighthouse Financial's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Brighthouse Financial include SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Globe Life (GL), AEGON (AEG), Athene (ATH), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Lincoln National (LNC), Voya Financial (VOYA), Scor (SCRYY), Primerica (PRI), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), American National Insurance (ANAT), Genworth Financial (GNW), FBL Financial Group (FFG), National Western Life Group (NWLI) and Independence (IHC). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Brighthouse Financial own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Brighthouse Financial investors own include Metlife (MET), IBM (IBM), AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), CVS Health (CVS), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walmart (WMT), AbbVie (ABBV) and Applied Materials (AMAT). Who are Brighthouse Financial's key executives? Brighthouse Financial's management team includes the following people: Mr. Eric Thomas Steigerwalt, Pres, CEO & Director (Age 57)Mr. John Lloyd Rosenthal, Exec. VP & Chief Investment Officer (Age 58)Ms. Christine Marie DeBiase, Exec. VP, Chief Admin. Officer & Gen. Counsel (Age 50)Mr. Conor Ernan Murphy, Exec. VP, COO & Interim CFO (Age 50)Mr. Lynn Ann Dumais, Chief Accounting Officer What is Brighthouse Financial's stock symbol? Brighthouse Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BHF." Who are Brighthouse Financial's major shareholders? Brighthouse Financial's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.82%), AJO LP (1.70%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.45%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.22%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.21%) and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (1.12%). Company insiders that own Brighthouse Financial stock include C Edward Chaplin, Conor Murphy, Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Margaret M Mccarthy, Myles Lambert and William Francis Wallace. View institutional ownership trends for Brighthouse Financial. Which institutional investors are selling Brighthouse Financial stock? BHF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Partners Capital Investment Group LLP, Barclays PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., EJF Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Brighthouse Financial. Which institutional investors are buying Brighthouse Financial stock? BHF stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Man Group plc, Brandes Investment Partners LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bank of Nova Scotia, and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have bought Brighthouse Financial stock in the last two years include C Edward Chaplin, Conor Murphy, Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Margaret M Mccarthy, Myles Lambert, and William Francis Wallace. View insider buying and selling activity for Brighthouse Financial. How do I buy shares of Brighthouse Financial? Shares of BHF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Brighthouse Financial's stock price today? One share of BHF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.79. How big of a company is Brighthouse Financial? Brighthouse Financial has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion and generates $6.55 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-740,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $9.58 on an earnings per share basis. Brighthouse Financial employs 1,330 workers across the globe. What is Brighthouse Financial's official website? The official website for Brighthouse Financial is www.brighthousefinancial.com. How can I contact Brighthouse Financial? Brighthouse Financial's mailing address is 11225 N COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28277. 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