NASDAQ:BHF - Brighthouse Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Brighthouse Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BHF."

Brighthouse Financial Inc (NASDAQ:BHF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 10th. The company reported $2.61 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.34 by $0.27. The firm earned $2.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.05 billion. Brighthouse Financial had a positive return on equity of 6.57% and a negative net margin of 11.29%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.56 earnings per share. View Brighthouse Financial's Earnings History.

Brighthouse Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Brighthouse Financial.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Brighthouse Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Brighthouse Financial's stock price to reach $41.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Brighthouse Financial.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Brighthouse Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Brighthouse Financial.

Media headlines about BHF stock have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Brighthouse Financial earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Brighthouse Financial.

Brighthouse Financial saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,710,000 shares, a drop of 6.3% from the January 15th total of 3,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Brighthouse Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Brighthouse Financial include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lincoln National (LNC), Globe Life (GL), AEGON (AEG), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), Athene (ATH), Voya Financial (VOYA), Scor (SCRYY), AMP (AMP), Primerica (PRI), American National Insurance (ANAT), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), FGL (FG) and Genworth Financial (GNW).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Brighthouse Financial investors own include Metlife (MET), iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI), iShares California Muni Bond ETF (CMF), AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Twitter (TWTR), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Comcast (CMCSA) and DISH Network (DISH).

Brighthouse Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include UBS Group AG (3.63%), State Street Corp (3.05%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.92%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.80%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.53%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.44%). Company insiders that own Brighthouse Financial stock include C Edward Chaplin, Conor Murphy, Eric T Steigerwalt, John Rosenthal, Margaret M Mccarthy, Metlife Inc and Myles Lambert. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Brighthouse Financial.

BHF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Schroder Investment Management Group, Swiss National Bank and Barclays PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Brighthouse Financial.

BHF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including EJF Capital LLC, Assetmark Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Marshall Wace LLP, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 and Myles Lambert. View Insider Buying and Selling for 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.

One share of BHF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.10.

Brighthouse Financial has a market capitalization of $4.98 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 1,260 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Brighthouse Financial.

The official website for Brighthouse Financial is http://www.brighthousefinancial.com/.

Brighthouse Financial's mailing address is 11225 N COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, CHARLOTTE NC, 28277. The company can be reached via phone at 980-365-7100 or via email at [email protected]